The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONIt is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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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There must be a remedy even for such a crying evil as this [abortion]. But where shall it be found, at least where begin, if not in the complete enfranchisement and elevation of women?
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position.
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One 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 first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities.
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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[On women’s role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.
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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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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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All men & women are created equal.
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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Nature, like a loving mother, is ever trying to keep land and sea, mountain and valley, each in its place, to hush the angry winds and waves, balance the extremes of heat and cold, of rain and drought, that peace, harmony and beauty may reign supreme.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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