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.
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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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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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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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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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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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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[On women’s role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.
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A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
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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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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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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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The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.
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