Strike the words “white male” from all your constitutions, and then, with fair sailing, let us sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish together.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONAll men & women are created equal.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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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The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
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I think if women would indulge more freely in vituperation, they would enjoy ten times the health they do. It seems to me they are suffering from repression.
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My religious superstition gave place to rational ideas based on scientific facts, and in proportion as I looked at everything from a new standpoint, I grew more happy day by day.
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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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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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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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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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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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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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God, in His wisdom, has so linked the whole human family together that any violence done at one end of the chain is felt throughout its length.
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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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To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never pumping in, the well runs dry.
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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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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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