Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONYou 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?
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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Love is the vital essence that pervades and permeates, from the center to the circumference, the graduating circles of all thought and action. Love is the talisman of human weal and woe -the open sesame to every soul.
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To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never pumping in, the well runs dry.
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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[On women’s role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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Heavenly Father and Mother, make us thankful for all the blessings of this life, and make us ever mindful of the patient hands that oft in weariness spread our tables and prepare our daily food. For humanity’s sake, Amen.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
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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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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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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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