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.
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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Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
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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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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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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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Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position.
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You who have read the history of nations, from Moses down to our last election, where have you ever seen one class looking after the interests of another?
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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All men & women are created equal.
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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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All the men of the Old Testament were polygamists, and Christ and Paul, the central figures of the New Testament, were celibates, and condemned marriage by both precept and example.
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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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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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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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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