Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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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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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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
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Nature, like a loving mother, is ever trying to keep land and sea, mountain and valley, each in its place, to hush the angry winds and waves, balance the extremes of heat and cold, of rain and drought, that peace, harmony and beauty may reign supreme.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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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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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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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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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 would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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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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The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
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Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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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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The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
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