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 bible teaches that women brought sin and death into the world. I don’t believe that any man ever talked with god. The bible was written by man out of his love of domination.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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 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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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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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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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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In her present ignorance, woman’s religion, instead of making her noble and free, by the wrong application of great principles ofright and justice, has made her bondage but more certain and lasting, her degradation more hopeless and complete.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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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.
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To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
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The great lesson that nature seems to teach us at all ages is self-dependence, self-protection, self-support. In the hours of our keenest sufferings all are thrown wholly on themselves for consolation.
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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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