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Quote by George S. Patton

“Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.”

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George S. Patton was an American military commander born on November 11, 1885, and died on December 21, 1945. Known for his unique leadership style and tactical prowess, Patton is one of the most controversial military figures in American history. more

“They tell us sometimes that if we had only kept quiet, all these desirable things would have come about of themselves. I am reminded of the Greek clown who, having seen an archer bring down a flying bird, remarked, sagely: 'You might have saved your arrow, for the bird would anyway have been killed by the fall.'”

Ifs Has Beens Sometimes Might Fall Quiet Bird Saved Flying Greek Desirable Clown Arrows Archer

Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Whether our feet are compressed in iron shoes, our faces hidden with veils and masks; whether yoked with cows to draw the plow through its furrows, or classed with idiots, lunatics and criminals in the laws and constitutions of the State, the principle is the same; for the humiliations of the spirit are as real as the visible badges of servitude.”

Source: The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony reader: correspondence, writings, speeches

“All honor to the noble women that have devoted earnest lives to the intellectual needs of mankind!”

Needs Mankind Honor Intellectual Noble Devoted Earnest

Book:Our Famous Women: An Authorized Record of the Lives and Deeds of Distinguished American Women of Our Times ...

Source: Our Famous Women: An Authorized Record of the Lives and Deeds of Distinguished American Women of Our Times ...

“Women have crucified the Mary Wollstonecrafts, the Fanny Wrights, and the George Sands of all ages. Men mock us with the fact and say we are ever cruel to each other... If this present woman must be crucified, let men drive the spikes.”

Ifs Men Facts Age Let Me Sand Mary Mock

Book:Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters, Diary and Reminiscences

Source: Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters, Diary and Reminiscences

“All men & women are created equal”

Men Equal Men Women

Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“If all those magnificent cathedrals with their valuable lands in Boston, Philadelphia and New York were taxed as they should be, the taxes of women who hold property would be proportionately lightened....I cannot see any good reason why wealthy churches and a certain amount of property of the clergy should be exempt from taxation, while every poor widow in the land, struggling to feed, clothe, and educate a family of children, must be taxed on the narrow lot and humble home.”

“American women of wealth, education, virtue and refinement, if you do not wish the lower orders of Chinese, Africans, Germans and Irish, with their low ideas of womanhood, to make laws for you and your daughters awake to the danger of your present position and demand that woman, too, shall be represented in the government!”

Source: The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: Against an aristocracy of sex, 1866 to 1873

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