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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONWoman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
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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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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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Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman’s thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
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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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Out 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.
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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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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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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