Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONAmong the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit.
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Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
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Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
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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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The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.
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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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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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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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What will we and our daughters suffer if these degraded black men are allowed to have the rights that would make them even worse than our Saxon fathers?
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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