Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman’s thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONEvery truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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The new religion will teach the dignity of human nature and its infinite possibilities for development. It will teach the solidarity of the race: that all must rise and fall as one. Its creed will be justice, liberty, equality for all the children of earth.
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Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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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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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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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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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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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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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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Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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Strike the words “white male” from all your constitutions, and then, with fair sailing, let us sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish together.
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.
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