All men & women are created equal.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe great lesson that nature seems to teach us at all ages is self-dependence, self-protection, self-support. In the hours of our keenest sufferings all are thrown wholly on themselves for consolation.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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The new religion will teach the dignity of human nature and its infinite possibilities for development. It will teach the solidarity of the race: that all must rise and fall as one. Its creed will be justice, liberty, equality for all the children of earth.
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Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
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Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman’s thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.
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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
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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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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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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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Heavenly Father and Mother, make us thankful for all the blessings of this life, and make us ever mindful of the patient hands that oft in weariness spread our tables and prepare our daily food. For humanity’s sake, Amen.
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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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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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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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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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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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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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