Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONYou may go over the world and you will find that every form of religion which has breathed upon this earth has degraded woman.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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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The bible teaches that women brought sin and death into the world. I don’t believe that any man ever talked with god. The bible was written by man out of his love of domination.
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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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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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We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman.
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Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions – requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs – there was no attention given to preparation for this office.
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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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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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All men & women are created equal.
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The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
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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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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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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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