Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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I know of no other book that so fully teaches the subjection and degradation of women.
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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 queens in history compare favorably with the kings.
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To think that all in me of which my father would have felt proper pride had I been a man, is deeply mortifying to him because I am a woman.
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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 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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Oh, the shortcomings and inconsistency of the average human being, especially when this human being is a man trying to manage women's affairs!
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Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.
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All men & women are created equal.
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To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes.
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It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.
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Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.
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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.
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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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The great fault of mankind is that it will not think.
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Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self- sovereignty.
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The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.
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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 whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading.
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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.
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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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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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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.