The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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 desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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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 history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman.
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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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Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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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.
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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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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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Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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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.
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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