Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman.
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The most fitting monuments this nation can build are schoolhouses and homes for those who do the work of the world. It is no answer to say that they are accustomed to rags and hunger. In this world of plenty every human being has a right to food, clothes, decent shelter, and the rudiments of education.
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To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes.
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Resolved, That all laws which prevent women from occupying such a station in society as her conscience shall dictate, or which place her in a position inferior to that of man, are contrary to the great precept of nature, and therefore of no force or authority.
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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.
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Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.
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You're dangerous."he says. Why?" Because you make me believe in the impossible." — Simone Elkeles (Rules of Attraction)
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Whatever oppressions man has suffered, they have invariably fallen more heavily on woman. Whatever new liberties advancing civilization has brought to man, ever the smallest measure has been accorded to woman, as a result of church teaching. The effect of this is seen in every department of life.
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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We seem to be pariahs alike in the visible and the invisible world, with no foothold anywhere, though by every principle of government and religion we should have an equal place on this planet.
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The great fault of mankind is that it will not think.
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A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self- sovereignty.
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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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Religious superstitions more than all other influences put together cripple & enslave woman, but so long as women themselves do not see it & hug their chains, we have a great educational work to do.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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All men & women are created equal.
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You who have read the history of nations, from Moses down to our last election, where have you ever seen one class looking after the interests of another?
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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The only points in which I differ from all ecclesiastical teaching is that I do not believe that any man ever saw or talked with God, I do not believe that God inspired the Mosaic code, or told the historians what they say he did about woman, for all the religions on the face of the earth degrade her, and so long as woman accepts the position that they assign her, her emancipation is impossible.
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The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading.
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
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The wrongs of society can be more deeply impressed on a large class of readers in the form of fiction than by essays, sermons, or the facts of science.
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Men who can, when they wish to write a document, shut themselves up for days with their thoughts and their books, know little of what difficulties a woman must surmount to get off a tolerable production.