A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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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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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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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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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Strike the words “white male” from all your constitutions, and then, with fair sailing, let us sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish together.
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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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Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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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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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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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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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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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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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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