Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe best protection any woman can have… is courage.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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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Out of the doctrine of original sin grew the crimes and miseries of asceticism, celibacy and witchcraft; woman becoming the helpless victim of all these delusions.
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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 Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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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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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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Oh, the shortcomings and inconsistency of the average human being, especially when this human being is a man trying to manage women’s affairs!
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