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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONWe hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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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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The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
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Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
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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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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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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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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman.
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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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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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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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