The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONOut of the doctrine of original sin grew the crimes and miseries of asceticism, celibacy and witchcraft; woman becoming the helpless victim of all these delusions.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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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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To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
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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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Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position.
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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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Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
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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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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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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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To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never pumping in, the well runs dry.
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Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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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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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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