The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONAll the men of the Old Testament were polygamists, and Christ and Paul, the central figures of the New Testament, were celibates, and condemned marriage by both precept and example.
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The new religion will teach the dignity of human nature and its infinite possibilities for development. It will teach the solidarity of the race: that all must rise and fall as one. Its creed will be justice, liberty, equality for all the children of earth.
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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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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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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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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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A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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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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The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.
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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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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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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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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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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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