Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. ”

We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman. ”

The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences. ”

To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes. ”

The best protection any woman can have... is courage. ”

I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well. ”

The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty. ”

The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. ”

Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness. ”

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