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.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONWomanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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The heyday of woman’s life is the shady side of fifty.
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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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Eve tasted the apple in the Garden of Eden in order to slake that intense thirst for knowledge that the simple pleasure of picking flowers and talking to Adam could not satisfy.
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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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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
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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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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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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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Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
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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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Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions – requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs – there was no attention given to preparation for this office.
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
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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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All the men of the Old Testament were polygamists, and Christ and Paul, the central figures of the New Testament, were celibates, and condemned marriage by both precept and example.
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The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
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