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

Quote by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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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.

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

The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul...

The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul...

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

The greatest block today in the way of woman's emancipation is the church, the canon...

The greatest block today in the way of woman's emancipation is the church, the canon...

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of...

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of...

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.

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of...

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of...

That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and...

That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and...

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice...

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice...

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

No one cares. Apathy is a disease and some days I long for it.

No one cares. Apathy is a disease and some days I long for it.

Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy...

Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy...

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.

You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government...

I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government...

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience:...

Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience:...