The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
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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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
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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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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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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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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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Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman’s position.
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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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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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.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
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