The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONOh, the shortcomings and inconsistency of the average human being, especially when this human being is a man trying to manage women’s affairs!
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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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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When women can support themselves, have entry to all the trades and professions, with a house of their own over their heads and a bank account, they will own their bodies and be dictators in the social realm.
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All men & women are created equal.
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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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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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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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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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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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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 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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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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