All men & women are created equal.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONProgress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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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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What will we and our daughters suffer if these degraded black men are allowed to have the rights that would make them even worse than our Saxon fathers?
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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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Religious superstitions more than all other influences put together cripple & enslave woman, but so long as women themselves do not see it & hug their chains, we have a great educational work to do.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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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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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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The bible teaches that women brought sin and death into the world. I don’t believe that any man ever talked with god. The bible was written by man out of his love of domination.
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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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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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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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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