Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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All men & women are created equal.
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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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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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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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If the Bible teaches the equality of women, why does the church refuse to ordain women to preach the gospel, to fill the offices of deacons and elders, and to administer the Sacraments…?
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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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[On women’s role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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All 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 history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman.
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Whatever the theories may be of woman’s dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens.
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