We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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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I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
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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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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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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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All men & women are created equal.
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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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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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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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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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When women can support themselves, have entry to all the trades and professions, with a house of their own over their heads and a bank account, they will own their bodies and be dictators in the social realm.
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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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