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 STANTONSurely 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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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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To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman.
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Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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The bible teaches that women brought sin and death into the world. I don’t believe that any man ever talked with god. The bible was written by man out of his love of domination.
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The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.
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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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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
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