We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe 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.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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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Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
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Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman’s thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.
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Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.
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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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I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one’s self- sovereignty.
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The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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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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Strike the words “white male” from all your constitutions, and then, with fair sailing, let us sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish together.
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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