A very wise father once remarked, that in the government of his children, he forbid as few things as possible; a wise legislature would do the same. It is folly to make laws on subjects beyond human prerogative, knowing that… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Nature, like a loving mother, is ever trying to keep land and sea, mountain and valley, each in its place, to hush the angry winds and waves, balance the extremes of heat and cold, of rain and drought, that peace,… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
... 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 Image
