The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONWomanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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All men & women are created equal.
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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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Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position.
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[On women’s role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.
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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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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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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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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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All the men of the Old Testament were polygamists, and Christ and Paul, the central figures of the New Testament, were celibates, and condemned marriage by both precept and example.
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Love is the vital essence that pervades and permeates, from the center to the circumference, the graduating circles of all thought and action. Love is the talisman of human weal and woe -the open sesame to every soul.
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