Facts about Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Occup.Activist
FromUSA
BornNovember 12, 1815
DiedOctober 26, 1902
Aged86 years

Summary

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a famous Activist from USA, who lived between November 12, 1815 and October 26, 1902. He/she became 86 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac scorpio, who is known for Transient, Self-Willed, Purposeful, Unyielding. Our collection contains 30 quotes who is written / told by Elizabeth, under the main topic Mom.

Related authors: Crystal Eastman (Lawyer), Sojourner Truth (Activist)

30 Famous quotes by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Small: Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness
"Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness"
Small: To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt
"To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt"
Small: The heyday of womans life is the shady side of fifty
"The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty"
Small: The greatest block today in the way of womans emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and
"The greatest block today in the way of woman's emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood"
Small: The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of womens emancipation
"The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation"
Small: The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstitio
"The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion"
Small: Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility
"Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility"
Small: Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement
"Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement"
Small: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal"
Small: The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality
"The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality"
Small: Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving
"Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving"
Small: The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history
"The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history"
Small: The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface
"The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface"
Small: The best protection any woman can have... is courage
"The best protection any woman can have... is courage"
Small: Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordi
"Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted"
Small: We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch.
"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"
Small: We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling p
"We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?"
Small: The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences
"The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences"
Small: Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy b
"Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth"
Small: I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well
"I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well"
Small: The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother
"The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother"
Small: To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes
"To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes"
Small: Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice
"Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice"
Small: It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another
"It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another"
Small: I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous.
"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"
Small: I shall not grow conservative with age
"I shall not grow conservative with age"
Small: Womans discontent increases in exact proportion to her development
"Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development"
Small: To live for a principle, for the triumph of some reform by which all mankind are to be lifted up to be
"To live for a principle, for the triumph of some reform by which all mankind are to be lifted up to be wedded to an idea may be, after all, the holiest and happiest of marriages"
Small: The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading
"The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading"
Small: The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and fr
"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"