A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONNothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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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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To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never pumping in, the well runs dry.
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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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The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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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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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman.
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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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Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
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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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