Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONWoman’s degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.
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The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.
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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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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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Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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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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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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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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I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
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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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