Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
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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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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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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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.
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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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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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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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Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.
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The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.
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Heavenly Father and Mother, make us thankful for all the blessings of this life, and make us ever mindful of the patient hands that oft in weariness spread our tables and prepare our daily food. For humanity’s sake, Amen.
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All men & 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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