Oh, the shortcomings and inconsistency of the average human being, especially when this human being is a man trying to manage women’s affairs!
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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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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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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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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Woman’s degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.
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You who have read the history of nations, from Moses down to our last election, where have you ever seen one class looking after the interests of another?
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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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The bible teaches that women brought sin and death into the world. I don’t believe that any man ever talked with god. The bible was written by man out of his love of domination.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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What will we and our daughters suffer if these degraded black men are allowed to have the rights that would make them even worse than our Saxon fathers?
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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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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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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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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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