We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and 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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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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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 happiest people I have known have been those who gave themselves no concern about their own souls, but did their uttermost to mitigate the miseries of others.
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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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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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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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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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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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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.
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities.
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