I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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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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When 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.
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Love is the vital essence that pervades and permeates, from the center to the circumference, the graduating circles of all thought and action. Love is the talisman of human weal and woe -the open sesame to every soul.
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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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Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
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One remarkable fact stands out in the history of witchcraft; and that is, its victims were chiefly women. Scarce one wizard to a hundred witches was ever burned or tortured.
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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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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
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All men & women are created equal.
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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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Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position.
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In her present ignorance, woman’s religion, instead of making her noble and free, by the wrong application of great principles ofright and justice, has made her bondage but more certain and lasting, her degradation more hopeless and complete.
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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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