Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes

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  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

  Inspirational, Women, Government

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1969). “History of Women Suffrage”, Ayer Co Pub

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  The best protection any woman can have... is courage.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Motivational, Inspiring, Sad

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• The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Life, Strength, Courage

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• A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Government, People, Protection

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  I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Girl, Witty, Women

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton (2003). “The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: National protection for national citizens, 1873 to 1880”, p.491, Rutgers University Press

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• We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Inspiring, Women, 4th Of July

  Declaration of Sentiments, First Woman's Rights

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• Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Truth, Learning, Safe

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton (2012). “The Woman's Bible”, p.18, tredition

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• Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Victory, Progress, Superstitions

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Ellen Carol DuBois (1992). “The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony reader: correspondence, writings, speeches”, Northeastern Univ Pr

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• The prejudice against color, of which we hear so much, is no stronger than that against sex. It is produced by the same cause, and manifested very much in the same way.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Sex, Color, Stronger

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida Husted Harper (1889). “History of woman suffrage”

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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.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Believe, Men, Religion

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  So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Equality, Men, Long

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriot (Stanton). Blatch (Mrs) (1922). “Elizabeth Cady Stanton as revealed in her letters, diary and reminiscences”

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• Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Inspirational, Sacrifice, Self

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton (2012). “The Woman's Bible”, p.484, tredition

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• The strongest reason why we ask for woman a voice in the government under which she lives; in the religion she is asked to believe; equality in social life, where she is the chief factor; a place in the trades and professions, where she may earn her bread, is because of her birthright to self-sovereignty; because, as an individual, she must rely on herself.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Believe, Voice, Government

  Speech before Senate Judiciary Committee, 18 Jan. 1892

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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.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Flower, Simple, Garden

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• 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 Stanton

  Change, Peace, Ubuntu

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1898). “Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, 1815-1897”, p.385, UPNE

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• Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Moving, Dew, Wipe

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton (2012). “The Woman's Bible”, p.17, tredition

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• A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Life, Purses, Dependent

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• Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Success, Spiritual, Love Yourself

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Ellen Carol DuBois (1992). “The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony reader: correspondence, writings, speeches”, Northeastern Univ Pr

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• Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Logic, Humans, Human Beings

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriot (Stanton). Blatch (Mrs) (1922). “Elizabeth Cady Stanton as revealed in her letters, diary and reminiscences”

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• A man in love will jump to pick up a glove or a bouquet for a silly girl of sixteen, whilst at home he will permit his aged mother to carry pails of water and armfuls of wood, or his wife to lug a twenty-pound baby, hour after hour, without ever offe

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  Love, Girl, Mother

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida Husted Harper (1889). “History of woman suffrage”

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• Our 'pathway' is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Shadow, Pathways, Women's Suffrage

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ann Dexter Gordon, Susan Brownell Anthony (2000). “The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: Against an aristocracy of sex, 1866 to 1873”, p.126, Rutgers University Press

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• It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Life, Happiness

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida Husted Harper (1889). “History of woman suffrage”

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• I think all these reverend gentlemen who insist on the word 'obey' in the marriage service should be removed for a clear violation of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, which says there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude within the United States.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Marriage, Thinking, Gentleman

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton (2016). “Elizabeth Cady Stanton: As Revealed in Her Letters & Diary (Abridged)”, p.169, BIG BYTE BOOKS

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• 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

  Running, Real, Self

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1974). “The Original Feminist Attack on the Bible: (The Woman's Bible).”, Arno Press

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• To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Respect, Equality, Self

  Speech before Senate Judiciary Committee, 18 Jan. 1892

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