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 STANTONHeavenly 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.
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 degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.
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The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities.
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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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All men & women are created equal.
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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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While women were tortured, drowned and burned by the thousands, scarce one wizard to a hundred was ever condemned … The same distinction of sex appears in our own day. One code of morals for men, another for women.
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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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The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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