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?
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONSocial science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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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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Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
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Oh, the shortcomings and inconsistency of the average human being, especially when this human being is a man trying to manage women’s affairs!
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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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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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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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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.
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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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Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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Woman’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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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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I think if women would indulge more freely in vituperation, they would enjoy ten times the health they do. It seems to me they are suffering from repression.
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