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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONIt is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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Religious superstitions more than all other influences put together cripple & enslave woman, but so long as women themselves do not see it & hug their chains, we have a great educational work to do.
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There must be a remedy even for such a crying evil as this [abortion]. But where shall it be found, at least where begin, if not in the complete enfranchisement and elevation of women?
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All the men of the Old Testament were polygamists, and Christ and Paul, the central figures of the New Testament, were celibates, and condemned marriage by both precept and example.
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The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities.
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
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Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
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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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Oh, the shortcomings and inconsistency of the average human being, especially when this human being is a man trying to manage women’s affairs!
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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