Quotes of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"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."
"Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice."
"I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well."
"The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother."
"The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading."
"The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality."
"It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another."
"The best protection any woman can have... is courage."
"The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal."
"Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted."
"We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?"
"Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement."
~Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice."
"I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well."
"The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother."
"The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading."
"The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality."
"It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another."
"The best protection any woman can have... is courage."
"The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal."
"Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted."
"We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?"
"Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement."
~Elizabeth Cady Stanton