All men & women are created equal.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONTo refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
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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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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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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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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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
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You may go over the world and you will find that every form of religion which has breathed upon this earth has degraded woman.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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What will we and our daughters suffer if these degraded black men are allowed to have the rights that would make them even worse than our Saxon fathers?
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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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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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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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