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Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes

You may consider me presumptuous, gentlemen, but I claim to be a citizen of the United States, with all the qualifications of a voter. I can read the Constitution, I am possessed of two hundred and fifty dollars, and the last time I looked in the old family Bible I found I was over twenty-one years of age Picture Quote #1

Modesty and taste are questions of latitude and education; the more people know,--the more their ideas are expanded by travel, experience, and observation,--the less easily they are shocked. The narrowness and bigotry of women are the result of their circumscribed sphere of thought and action Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Whatever the theories may be of woman’s dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens Picture Quote #1

To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes Picture Quote #1

The 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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Religious superstitions more than all other influences put together cripple and enslave woman, but so long as women themselves do not see it and hug their chains, we have a great educational work to do Picture Quote #1

The future historian will rank him as one of the heroes of the nineteenth century.{Stanton’s opinion of the great Robert Ingersoll} Picture Quote #1

Nature, like a loving mother, is ever trying to keep land and sea, mountain and valley, each in its place, to hush the angry winds and waves, balance the extremes of heat and cold, of rain and drought, that peace, harmony and beauty may reign supreme Picture Quote #1

The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences Picture Quote #1

I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns Picture Quote #1

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The best protection any woman can have. Is courage Picture Quote #1

The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother Picture Quote #1

Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness Picture Quote #1

I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well Picture Quote #1

I shall not grow conservative with age Picture Quote #1

It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another Picture Quote #1

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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice Picture Quote #1

The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty Picture Quote #1

The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface Picture Quote #1

The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history Picture Quote #1

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal Picture Quote #1

Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development Picture Quote #1

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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement Picture Quote #1

Susan had an earnest soul, a conscience tending to morbidity Picture Quote #1

The darkest page in history is the persecutions of woman Picture Quote #1

Truth is the only safe ground to stand on Picture Quote #1

Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon Picture Quote #1

The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience Picture Quote #1

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You may consider me presumptuous, gentlemen, but I claim to be a citizen of the United States, with all the qualifications of a voter. I can read the Constitution, I am possessed of two hundred and fifty dollars, and the last time I looked in the old family Bible I found I was over twenty-one years of age (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) Modesty and taste are questions of latitude and education; the more people know,--the more their ideas are expanded by travel, experience, and observation,--the less easily they are shocked. The narrowness and bigotry of women are the result of their circumscribed sphere of thought and action (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. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) Whatever the theories may be of woman’s dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) The 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. (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. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) Religious superstitions more than all other influences put together cripple and enslave woman, but so long as women themselves do not see it and hug their chains, we have a great educational work to do ... (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} (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) Nature, like a loving mother, is ever trying to keep land and sea, mountain and valley, each in its place, to hush the angry winds and waves, balance the extremes of heat and cold, of rain and drought, that peace, harmony and beauty may reign supreme. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) The best protection any woman can have. Is courage (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) I shall not grow conservative with age (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) Susan had an earnest soul, a conscience tending to morbidity (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) The darkest page in history is the persecutions of woman (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) Truth is the only safe ground to stand on (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes) The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience (Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes)

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