God, in His wisdom, has so linked the whole human family together that any violence done at one end of the chain is felt throughout its length.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONSelf-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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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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All men & women are created equal.
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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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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.
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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 moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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You who have read the history of nations, from Moses down to our last election, where have you ever seen one class looking after the interests of another?
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