Should Quotes by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

11 Should quotes by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s eleven short statements address the question of "should" from a pioneering women's‑rights perspective. Though brief, each line carries the urgency of a reformer who shaped public discourse.

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When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property…

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Accepting the view that man was prior in the creation, some Scriptural writers say that as the woman was of the man,…

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We are, as a sex, infinitely superior to men, and if we were free and developed, healthy in body and mind, as…

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We seem to be pariahs alike in the visible and the invisible world, with no foothold anywhere, though by every principle of…

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I think all these reverend gentlemen who insist on the word 'obey' in the marriage service should be removed for a clear…

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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…

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We should not feel so sorely grieved if no man who had not attained the full stature of a Webster, Clay, Van…

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If all those magnificent cathedrals with their valuable lands in Boston, Philadelphia and New York were taxed as they should be, the…

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Such is the nature of the marriage relation that a breach once made cannot be healed, and it is the height of…

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A very wise father once remarked, that in the government of his children, he forbid as few things as possible; a wise…

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... our scholarships should be bestowed on those whose ability and earnestness in the primary department have been proved, and whose capacity…

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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…

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The strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities of higher education, for the full development of her faculties, forces of mind and body;…

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Accepting the view that man was prior in the creation, some Scriptural writers say that as the woman was of the man, therefore, her…

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I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to…

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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

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A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages.

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The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history.

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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

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Woman has been the great unpaid laborer of the world.

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Well, another female child is born into the world! Last Sunday afternoon, Harriot Eaton Stanton - oh! the little heretic thus to desecrate that…

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The bible teaches that woman brought sin and death into the world, that she precipitated the fall of the race, that she was arraigned…

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... our scholarships should be bestowed on those whose ability and earnestness in the primary department have been proved, and whose capacity for a…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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