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Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes

Elizabeth Cady Stanton quotes

American Activist November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902

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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. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to..."
The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am..."
I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
It was just so in the American Revolution, in 1776, the first delicacy the men threw overboard in Boston harbor was the tea, woman's favorite beverage. The tobacco and whiskey, though heavily taxed, they clung to with the tenacity of the devil-fish. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for..."
Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of..."
It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "You're dangerous."he says. Why?" Because you make me believe..."
You're dangerous."he says. Why?" Because you make me believe in the impossible." Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness."
Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and customs, does not disprove the fact of the oppressions, while the satisfaction of the many, if real only proves their apathy and deeper degradation. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The happiest people I have known have been those who gave themselves no concern about their own souls, but did their uttermost to mitigate the miseries of others. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "I poured out the torrent of my long-standing discontent and I..."
I poured out the torrent of my long-standing discontent and I challenged them to do and dare anything. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience..."
Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "I shall not grow conservative with age."
I shall not grow conservative with age. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton quote: "To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to..."
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Woman's degradation is in mans idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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