The happiest people I have known have been those who gave themselves no concern about their own souls, but did their uttermost to mitigate the miseries of others.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTONThe memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.
More Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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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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The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.
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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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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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Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
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The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.
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My religious superstition gave place to rational ideas based on scientific facts, and in proportion as I looked at everything from a new standpoint, I grew more happy day by day.
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The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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Social science affirms that a woman’s place in society marks the level of civilization.
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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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The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women’s emancipation.
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Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
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A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
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