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…?
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONMen as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
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Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.
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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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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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The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.
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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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The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.
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There must be a remedy even for such a crying evil as this [abortion]. But where shall it be found, at least where begin, if not in the complete enfranchisement and elevation of women?
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The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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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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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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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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