Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONWhen 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.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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Heavenly 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.
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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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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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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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You may go over the world and you will find that every form of religion which has breathed upon this earth has degraded woman.
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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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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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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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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