Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONAll men & women are created equal.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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Strike the words “white male” from all your constitutions, and then, with fair sailing, let us sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish together.
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Religious superstitions more than all other influences put together cripple & enslave woman, but so long as women themselves do not see it & hug their chains, we have a great educational work to do.
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A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
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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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[On women’s role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.
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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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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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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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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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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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All men & 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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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
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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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