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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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The 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.
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Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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While women were tortured, drowned and burned by the thousands, scarce one wizard to a hundred was ever condemned … The same distinction of sex appears in our own day. One code of morals for men, another for women.
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Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions – requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs – there was no attention given to preparation for this office.
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
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Eve tasted the apple in the Garden of Eden in order to slake that intense thirst for knowledge that the simple pleasure of picking flowers and talking to Adam could not satisfy.
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The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.
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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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