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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities.
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One remarkable fact stands out in the history of witchcraft; and that is, its victims were chiefly women. Scarce one wizard to a hundred witches was ever burned or tortured.
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Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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Whatever the theories may be of woman’s dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens.
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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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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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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Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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All men & women are created equal.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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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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