We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
Category Archive: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
I shall not grow conservative with age.
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.
The best protection any woman can have… is courage.
Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.
The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history.
Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.
Woman’s discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences.