Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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What will we and our daughters suffer if these degraded black men are allowed to have the rights that would make them even worse than our Saxon fathers?
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.
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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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If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments…?
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The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
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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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We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman.
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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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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All men & women are created equal.
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