The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe 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.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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 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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Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
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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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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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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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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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There must be a remedy even for such a crying evil as this [abortion]. But where shall it be found, at least where begin, if not in the complete enfranchisement and elevation of women?
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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