It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONAll 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.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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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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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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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments…?
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Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
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To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
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The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.
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The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
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God, in His wisdom, has so linked the whole human family together that any violence done at one end of the chain is felt throughout its length.
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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Strike the words “white male” from all your constitutions, and then, with fair sailing, let us sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish together.
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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 would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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