A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.
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When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit.
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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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Woman’s degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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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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The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities.
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To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never pumping in, the well runs dry.
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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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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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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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All men & women are created equal.
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