The Bible contains some of the most sublime passages in English literature, but is also full of contradictions, inconsistencies, and absurdities. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The point I wish plainly to bring before you on this occasion is the individuality of each human soul--our Protestant idea, the right of… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share
The strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities of higher education, for the full development of her faculties, forces of mind and body;… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share
Accepting the view that man was prior in the creation, some Scriptural writers say that as the woman was of the man, therefore, her… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share
I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share
Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share
A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share
The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share
Well, another female child is born into the world! Last Sunday afternoon, Harriot Eaton Stanton - oh! the little heretic thus to desecrate that… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share
The bible teaches that woman brought sin and death into the world, that she precipitated the fall of the race, that she was arraigned… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share
... our scholarships should be bestowed on those whose ability and earnestness in the primary department have been proved, and whose capacity for a… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share
Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman's thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share
It would be ridiculous to talk of male and female atmospheres, male and female springs or rains, male and female sunshine…How much more ridiculous… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share
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… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share
