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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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Civilization Place Society Women
I shall not grow conservative with age.
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Age Attitude Growth Myself
I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
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Acceptance Fantasy Myself Science
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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Book Consistency Literature Religious
The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities.
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Empowerment Greatness Mad Religion Responsibility Spirit Woman
Woman’s degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.
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Belief Ideas Law Man Ourselves Religion Right Sex Women
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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Freedom Greatness Hope Ignorance Justice Noble Principle Religion Wrong
The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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Complete Smooth Surface
Strike the words “white male” from all your constitutions, and then, with fair sailing, let us sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish together.
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Constitution Death Live Man Survive Togetherness White
The happiest people I have known have been those who gave themselves no concern about their own souls, but did their uttermost to mitigate the miseries of others.
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Change Happiness Misery Peace People Soul
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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Blessing Father Food Heaven Humanity Life Mother Patience Prayer Preparation
Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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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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Eve tasted the apple in the Garden of Eden in order to slake that intense thirst for knowledge that the simple pleasure of picking flowers and talking to Adam could not satisfy.
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Flower Garden Knowledge Satisfaction Simplicity Taste
Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.
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Human Nature Oneself Possible Soul Spiritual Success
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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