The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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The 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.
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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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When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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You may go over the world and you will find that every form of religion which has breathed upon this earth has degraded woman.
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The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
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All men & women are created equal.
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I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
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Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.
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The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman.
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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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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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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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