The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONI shall not grow conservative with age.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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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Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
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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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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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I think if women would indulge more freely in vituperation, they would enjoy ten times the health they do. It seems to me they are suffering from repression.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
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My religious superstition gave place to rational ideas based on scientific facts, and in proportion as I looked at everything from a new standpoint, I grew more happy day by day.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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While women were tortured, drowned and burned by the thousands, scarce one wizard to a hundred was ever condemned … The same distinction of sex appears in our own day. One code of morals for men, another for women.
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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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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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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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