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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONYou 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?
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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My religious superstition gave place to rational ideas based on scientific facts, and in proportion as I looked at everything from a new standpoint, I grew more happy day by day.
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit.
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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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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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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[On women’s role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.
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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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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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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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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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Eve tasted the apple in the Garden of Eden in order to slake that intense thirst for knowledge that the simple pleasure of picking flowers and talking to Adam could not satisfy.
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