American - Activist | November 12, 1815 - October 26, 1902
Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
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It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another.
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The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.
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Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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To live for a principle, for the triumph of some reform by which all mankind are to be lifted up to be wedded to an idea may be, after all, the holiest and happiest of marriages.
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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
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We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman.
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The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences.
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I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn to manage a horse.
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I shall not grow conservative with age.
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