Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONWith age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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Eve tasted the apple in the Garden of Eden in order to slake that intense thirst for knowledge that the simple pleasure of picking flowers and talking to Adam could not satisfy.
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I think if women would indulge more freely in vituperation, they would enjoy ten times the health they do. It seems to me they are suffering from repression.
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Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions – requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs – there was no attention given to preparation for this office.
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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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The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.
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I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
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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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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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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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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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While women were tortured, drowned and burned by the thousands, scarce one wizard to a hundred was ever condemned … The same distinction of sex appears in our own day. One code of morals for men, another for women.
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The bible teaches that women brought sin and death into the world. I don’t believe that any man ever talked with god. The bible was written by man out of his love of domination.
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The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
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What will we and our daughters suffer if these degraded black men are allowed to have the rights that would make them even worse than our Saxon fathers?
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You who have read the history of nations, from Moses down to our last election, where have you ever seen one class looking after the interests of another?
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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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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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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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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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