Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONBecause man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman’s thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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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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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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Out of the doctrine of original sin grew the crimes and miseries of asceticism, celibacy and witchcraft; woman becoming the helpless victim of all these delusions.
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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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Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
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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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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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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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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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Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position.
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman.
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