"To make laws that man cannot, and will……" — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt."
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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103 Quotes by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Resolved, That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to…
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We demand in the Reconstruction suffrage for all the citizens of the Republic. I would not talk of Negroes or…
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With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?
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To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never…
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To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.
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Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions - requiring more knowledge than any other department in human…
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Nature, like a loving mother, is ever trying to keep land and sea, mountain and valley, each in its place,…
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I am weary seeing our laboring classes so wretchedly housed, fed, and clothed, while thousands of dollars are wasted every…
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My religious superstition gave place to rational ideas based on scientific facts, and in proportion as I looked at everything…
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Only those who have lived all their lives under the dark clouds of vague, undefined fears can appreciate the joy…
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I view it as one of the greatest crimes to shadow the minds of the young with these gloomy superstitions,…
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The bible teaches that women brought sin and death into the world. I don't believe that any man ever talked…
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