The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONEvery truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.
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Whatever the theories may be of woman’s dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens.
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One remarkable fact stands out in the history of witchcraft; and that is, its victims were chiefly women. Scarce one wizard to a hundred witches was ever burned or tortured.
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The happiest people I have known have been those who gave themselves no concern about their own souls, but did their uttermost to mitigate the miseries of others.
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.
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Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.
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I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit.
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In her present ignorance, woman’s religion, instead of making her noble and free, by the wrong application of great principles ofright and justice, has made her bondage but more certain and lasting, her degradation more hopeless and complete.
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
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