The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONGod, 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.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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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Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.
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The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
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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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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.
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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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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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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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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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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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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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