You may go over the world and you will find that every form of religion which has breathed upon this earth has degraded woman.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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Out of the doctrine of original sin grew the crimes and miseries of asceticism, celibacy and witchcraft; woman becoming the helpless victim of all these delusions.
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The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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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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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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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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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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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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The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities.
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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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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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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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