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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONWords cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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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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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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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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Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.
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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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All men & women are created equal.
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The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman.
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When women can support themselves, have entry to all the trades and professions, with a house of their own over their heads and a bank account, they will own their bodies and be dictators in the social realm.
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Love is the vital essence that pervades and permeates, from the center to the circumference, the graduating circles of all thought and action. Love is the talisman of human weal and woe -the open sesame to every soul.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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The new religion will teach the dignity of human nature and its infinite possibilities for development. It will teach the solidarity of the race: that all must rise and fall as one. Its creed will be justice, liberty, equality for all the children of earth.
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