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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONMen think that self-sacrifice is the most charming of all the cardinal virtues for women, and in order to keep it in healthy working order, they make opportunities for its illustration as often as possible.
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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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Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.
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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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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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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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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
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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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Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
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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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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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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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Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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