Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes

"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."
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Opinions quotes.

"With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?"
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Age quotes.

"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

"The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation."
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton

"Truth is the only safe ground to stand on."
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Truth quotes.

"Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility."
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Responsibility quotes.

"Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving."
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Friendship quotes.

"Thus far, women have been the mere echoes of men. Our laws and constitutions, our creeds and codes, and the customs of social life are all of masculine origin. The true woman is as yet a dream of the future."
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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