Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON[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.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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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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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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The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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The bible teaches that women brought sin and death into the world. I don’t believe that any man ever talked with god. The bible was written by man out of his love of domination.
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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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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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[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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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.
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