“Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.”
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Famous Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
Source: The Woman's Bible
Source: History of woman suffrage
Source: History of woman suffrage
“It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another.”
Source: History of Women Suffrage
“Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.”
Source: The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony reader: correspondence, writings, speeches
“A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.”
“Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self- sovereignty.”
“It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.”
Source: History of woman suffrage
“So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.”
Source: Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters, Diary and Reminiscences
Source: History of woman suffrage
“Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.”
Source: History of woman suffrage
Source: The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony reader: correspondence, writings, speeches
Source: The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony reader: correspondence, writings, speeches
Source: The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony reader: correspondence, writings, speeches