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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONWith age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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The happiest people I have known have been those who gave themselves no concern about their own souls, but did their uttermost to mitigate the miseries of others.
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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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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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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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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Men think that self-sacrifice is the most charming of all the cardinal virtues for women, and in order to keep it in healthy working order, they make opportunities for its illustration as often as possible.
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A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
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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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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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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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Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position.
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The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities.
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Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.
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Whatever the theories may be of woman’s dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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