Quotes by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)

I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)

I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn to manage a horse. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)

It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)

It would be ridiculous to talk of male and female atmospheres, male and female springs or rains, male and female sunshine....How much more ridiculous is it in relation to mind, to soul, to thought, where there is as undeniably no such thing as sex... (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)

Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)

Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)

The best protection any woman can have... is courage. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of womens emancipation. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)

The greatest block today in the way of womans emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)