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Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Reformers who are always compromising, have not yet grasped the idea that truth is the only safe ground to stand upon. Reformers who are always compromising, have not yet grasped the idea that truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Resolved, That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise. Resolved, That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty. The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own. A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals? With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman's position. Among the clergy we find our most violent enemies, those most opposed to any change in woman's position.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The great fault of mankind is that it will not think. The great fault of mankind is that it will not think.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The best protection any woman can have ... is courage. The best protection any woman can have ... is courage.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: I shall not grow conservative with age. I shall not grow conservative with age.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface. The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: To no form of religion is woman indebted for one impulse of freedom, as all alike have taught her inferiority and subjection. To no form of religion is woman indebted for one impulse of freedom, as all alike have taught her inferiority and subjection.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: I had been invited to speak after the lunch. But I did not go to the table until the feast ended, as I never like to eat or talk before I had been invited to speak after the lunch. But I did not go to the table until the feast ended, as I never like to eat or talk before speaking.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Social science affirms that a woman's place in society marks the level of civilization. Social science affirms that a woman's place in society marks the level of civilization.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: All honor to the noble women that have devoted earnest lives to the intellectual needs of mankind! All honor to the noble women that have devoted earnest lives to the intellectual needs of mankind!
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted. Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: We demand in the Reconstruction suffrage for all the citizens of the Republic. I would not talk of Negroes or women, but of citizens. We demand in the Reconstruction suffrage for all the citizens of the Republic. I would not talk of Negroes or women, but of citizens.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother. The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science. I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The future historian will rank him as one of the heroes of the nineteenth century.{Stanton's opinion of the great Robert Ingersoll} The future historian will rank him as one of the heroes of the nineteenth century.

{Stanton's opinion of the great Robert Ingersoll}
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never pumping in, the well runs dry. To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never pumping in, the well runs dry.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities. The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth. Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: No mortal ever has been, no mortal ever will be like the soul just launched on the sea of life. No mortal ever has been, no mortal ever will be like the soul just launched on the sea of life.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality. The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: I have such an intense pride of sex that the triumphs of women in art, literature, oratory, science, or song rouse my enthusiasm as nothing else can. I have such an intense pride of sex that the triumphs of women in art, literature, oratory, science, or song rouse my enthusiasm as nothing else can.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone. Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect. To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: I have met few men in my life, worth repeating eight times. I have met few men in my life, worth repeating eight times.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: But the love of offspring ... tender and beautiful as it is, can not as sentiment rank with conjugal love. But the love of offspring ... tender and beautiful as it is, can not as sentiment rank with conjugal love.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees. Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns. I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves. So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: There is a great deal in a name. It often signifies much, and may involve a great principle. There is a great deal in a name. It often signifies much, and may involve a great principle.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion. The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Woman's degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man. Woman's degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: It is the inalienable right of all to be happy. It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: I see by the papers that you have once more stirred that pool of intellectual stagnation, the educational convention. I see by the papers that you have once more stirred that pool of intellectual stagnation, the educational convention.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Dress loose,take a great deal of exercise ,and be particular about your diet and sleep sound enough,the body has a great effect on the mind. Dress loose,take a great deal of exercise ,and be particular about your diet and sleep sound enough,the body has a great effect on the mind.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Think of the inconvenience of vanishing as it were from your friends and, correspondents three times in one's natural life. Think of the inconvenience of vanishing as it were from your friends and, correspondents three times in one's natural life.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: It is in vain to look for the elevation of woman so long as she is degraded in marriage. It is in vain to look for the elevation of woman so long as she is degraded in marriage.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: We cannot accept any code or creed that uniformly defrauds woman of all her natural rights. We cannot accept any code or creed that uniformly defrauds woman of all her natural rights.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history. The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another. Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: How long will the heathens rage? How long will the heathens rage?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: No privileged order ever did see the wrongs of its own victims ... No privileged order ever did see the wrongs of its own victims ...
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: To think that all in me of which my father would have felt proper pride had I been a man, is deeply mortifying to him because I am a woman. To think that all in me of which my father would have felt proper pride had I been a man, is deeply mortifying to him because I am a woman.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions. Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: I poured out the torrent of my long-standing discontent and I challenged them to do and dare anything. I poured out the torrent of my long-standing discontent and I challenged them to do and dare anything.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Let us remember that all reforms are interdependent, and that whatever is done to establish one principle on a solid base, strengthens all. Let us remember that all reforms are interdependent, and that whatever is done to establish one principle on a solid base, strengthens all.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: All who live to a good old age have a genius for sleep. All who live to a good old age have a genius for sleep.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving. Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations. Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: I know of no other book that so fully teaches the subjection and degradation of women. I know of no other book that so fully teaches the subjection and degradation of women.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development. Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt. To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world. Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another. It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self- sovereignty. Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self- sovereignty.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races. It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice. Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Oh, the shortcomings and inconsistency of the average human being, especially when this human being is a man trying to manage women's affairs! Oh, the shortcomings and inconsistency of the average human being, especially when this human being is a man trying to manage women's affairs!
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences. The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self- dependence must give each individual the right to choose his own surroundings. The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self- dependence must give each individual the right to choose his own surroundings.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well. I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: All men & women are created equal All men & women are created equal
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness. Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The bible and the church have been the greatest stumbling block in the way of women's emancipation. The bible and the church have been the greatest stumbling block in the way of women's emancipation.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Who, I ask you, can take, dare take, on himself the rights, the duties, the responsibilities of another human soul? Who, I ask you, can take, dare take, on himself the rights, the duties, the responsibilities of another human soul?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages. A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement. Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The greatest block today in the way of woman's emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood. The greatest block today in the way of woman's emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The queens in history compare favorably with the kings. The queens in history compare favorably with the kings.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Embrace truth as it is revealed to-day by human reason. Embrace truth as it is revealed to-day by human reason.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Truth is the only safe ground to stand on. Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience. The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Chauncy Burr ... talks well, possibly better than he thinks. But this is a common failing. Chauncy Burr ... talks well, possibly better than he thinks. But this is a common failing.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Women and negroes, being seven-twelfths of the people, are a majority; and according to our republican theory, are the rightful rulers of the nation. Women and negroes, being seven-twelfths of the people, are a majority; and according to our republican theory, are the rightful rulers of the nation.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes: Our 'pathway' is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning. Our 'pathway' is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.

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