Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONOne 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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The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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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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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
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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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The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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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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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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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.
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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
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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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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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