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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONI decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.
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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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My religious superstition gave place to rational ideas based on scientific facts, and in proportion as I looked at everything from a new standpoint, I grew more happy day by day.
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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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Woman’s degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.
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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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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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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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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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Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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