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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONTo refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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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Eve tasted the apple in the Garden of Eden in order to slake that intense thirst for knowledge that the simple pleasure of picking flowers and talking to Adam could not satisfy.
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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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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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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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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
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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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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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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities.
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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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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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