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"26 Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 12 November 1815. Died: 26 October 1902 | Activist | Abolitionist | Suffragist |

The right is ours. Have it we must. Use it we will.

Right Have it Use it
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The greatest block today in the way of woman's emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood.

Greatest block Women's emancipation Church
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The more I think on the present condition of woman, the more am I oppressed with the reality of their degradation.

Think Present condition Woman Oppressed
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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
Hold Truth Self evident Men and women
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The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.

Woman Uniformly Sacrificed Wife
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Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.

Conservative friend Spectacle World
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The strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities for higher education, for the full development of her faculties, her forces of mind and body... is the solitude and personal responsibility of her own individual life.

Strongest reason Woman Higher education
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

Strengthens Judgement Conscience Individual responsibility
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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.

Moment Fear Opinions Hesitate
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The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.

Bible Church Stumbling block
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To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.

Laws Man Obey Contempt
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I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.

Always busy Chief reason Well
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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.

Grand History Morals Inculcated
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The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty.

Heyday Woman's life Shady side
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Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
Woman's discontent Increases Exact proportion Development
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I shall not grow conservative with age.

Grow Conservative Age
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The best protection any woman can have... is courage.

Best protection Woman Courage
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.

Self development Higher duty Self sacrifice
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The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history.

Prolonged slavery Darkest page Human history
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The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.

Complete Despotism Smoothly Move
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To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes.

Obstacle Education Eyes
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The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences.

Religious superstitions Bondage Adverse influence
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The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading.

Church teaching Women Last degree
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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.

Memory Suffering Shadowing Young soul
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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.

Immutable law Universe Impressive
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Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.

Words Describe Indignation Woman
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes & Sayings