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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONHuman beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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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.
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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You may go over the world and you will find that every form of religion which has breathed upon this earth has degraded woman.
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Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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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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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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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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In her present ignorance, woman’s religion, instead of making her noble and free, by the wrong application of great principles ofright and justice, has made her bondage but more certain and lasting, her degradation more hopeless and complete.
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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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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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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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The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
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