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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
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Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position.
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The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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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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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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Men think that self-sacrifice is the most charming of all the cardinal virtues for women, and in order to keep it in healthy working order, they make opportunities for its illustration as often as possible.
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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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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I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
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