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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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You who have read the history of nations, from Moses down to our last election, where have you ever seen one class looking after the interests of another?
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A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
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One remarkable fact stands out in the history of witchcraft; and that is, its victims were chiefly women. Scarce one wizard to a hundred witches was ever burned or tortured.
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Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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When women can support themselves, have entry to all the trades and professions, with a house of their own over their heads and a bank account, they will own their bodies and be dictators in the social realm.
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To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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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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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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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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