To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONA government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
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A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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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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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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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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God, in His wisdom, has so linked the whole human family together that any violence done at one end of the chain is felt throughout its length.
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Heavenly Father and Mother, make us thankful for all the blessings of this life, and make us ever mindful of the patient hands that oft in weariness spread our tables and prepare our daily food. For humanity’s sake, Amen.
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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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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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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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