Quotes by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of pol — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
When women understand that governments and religions are human inventions; that Bibles, prayer-books, catechisms, and en — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Woman's degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief tha — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Did I not feel that the time has come for the questions of women's wrongs to be laid before the public? Did I not believ — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The bible and the church have been the greatest stumbling block in the way of women's emancipation. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as proper — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
You may go over the world and you will find that every form of religion which has breathed upon this earth has degraded — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
We should give to our rulers, our sires and sons no rest until all our rights— social, civil and political— are fully ac — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Put it down in capital letters: SELF-DEVELOPMENT IS A HIGHER DUTY THAN SELF-SACRIFICE. The thing that most retards and m — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
There is a solitude, which each and every one of us has always carried with him, more inaccessible than the ice-cold mou — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
So it ever must be in the conflicting scenes of life, in the long, weary march, each one walks alone. We may have many f — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The best protection any woman can have ... is courage. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Nature never repeats herself and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton