The right is ours. Have it we must. Use it we will. Elizabeth Cady Stanton More Quotes by Elizabeth Cady Stanton More Quotes From Elizabeth Cady Stanton Dress loose,take a great deal of exercise ,and be particular about your diet and sleep sound enough,the body has a great effect on the mind. Elizabeth Cady Stanton mindexercisesleep Who, I ask you, can take, dare take, on himself the rights, the duties, the responsibilities of another human soul? Elizabeth Cady Stanton soulresponsibilityrights Without fear of contradiction, I can safely say that every step in progress that woman has made she has been assailed by ecclesiastics, that her most vigilant unwearied opponents have always been the clergy. Elizabeth Cady Stanton opponentsprogressreligion ... not only dowomen sufferindignities in daily life, but the literature of the world proclaims their inferiority and divinely decreed subjection in all history, sacred and profane, in science, philosophy, poetry, and song. Elizabeth Cady Stanton songphilosophyhistory I view it as one of the greatest crimes to shadow the minds of the young with these gloomy superstitions, and with fears of the unknown and the unknowable to poison all their joy in life. Elizabeth Cady Stanton viewsmindjoy One remarkable fact stands out in the history of witchcraft; and that is, its victims were chiefly women. Scarce one wizard to a hundred witches was ever burned or tortured. Elizabeth Cady Stanton wizardsatheismfacts I have endeavoured to dissipate these religious superstitions from the minds of women, and base their faith on science and reason, where I found for myself at last that peace and comfort I could never find in the Bible and the church. Elizabeth Cady Stanton atheismreligiousmind No matter how much women prefer to lean, to be protected and supported, nor how much men desire to have them do so, they must make the voyage of life alone, and for safety in an emergency they must know something of the laws of navigation. Elizabeth Cady Stanton safetylawmen I can truly say, after an experience of seventy years, that all the cares and anxieties, the trials and disappointments of my whole life, are light, when balanced with my sufferings in childhood and youth from the theological dogmas which I sincerely believed. . . . The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstitions of the Christian religion. Elizabeth Cady Stanton disappointmentchristianmemories It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races. Elizabeth Cady Stanton freedomwisephilosophy Let us remember that all reforms are interdependent, and that whatever is done to establish one principle on a solid base, strengthens all. Elizabeth Cady Stanton reformprincipleschange The women of this country ought be enlightened in regard to the laws under which they live, that they may no longer publish their degradation by declaring themselves satisfied with their present position, nor their ignorance, by asserting that they have all the rights they want. Elizabeth Cady Stanton womenignorancecountry Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self- sovereignty. Elizabeth Cady Stanton selfaddcharacter God, in His wisdom, has so linked the whole human family together that any violence done at one end of the chain is felt throughout its length. Elizabeth Cady Stanton violencedonetogether The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self- dependence must give each individual the right to choose his own surroundings. Elizabeth Cady Stanton soulselfgiving It was just so in the American Revolution, in 1776, the first delicacy the men threw overboard in Boston harbor was the tea, woman's favorite beverage. The tobacco and whiskey, though heavily taxed, they clung to with the tenacity of the devil-fish. Elizabeth Cady Stanton bostonteamen To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt. Elizabeth Cady Stanton libertarianlawmen Only those who have lived all their lives under the dark clouds of vague, undefined fears can appreciate the joy of a doubting soul suddenly born into the kingdom of reason and free thought. Elizabeth Cady Stanton appreciatedarkclouds We are, as a sex, infinitely superior to men, and if we were free and developed, healthy in body and mind, as we should be under natural conditions, our motherhood would be our glory. That function gives women such wisdom and power as no male can possess. Elizabeth Cady Stanton motherhoodmensex You're dangerous."he says. Why?" Because you make me believe in the impossible." — Simone Elkeles (Rules of Attraction) Elizabeth Cady Stanton rules-of-attractionimpossiblebelieve
