Whatever the theories may be of woman’s dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens.
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.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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 heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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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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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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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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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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I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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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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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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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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The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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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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