Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
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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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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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Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
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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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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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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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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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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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