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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
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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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The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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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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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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Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
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Oh, the shortcomings and inconsistency of the average human being, especially when this human being is a man trying to manage women’s affairs!
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To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
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