The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation

Quote by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Topics: Church Quotes

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

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

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...

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 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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various...

I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various...

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.

Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

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...

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...

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the...

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the...

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

Apathy is the glove into which evil slips its hand

Apathy is the glove into which evil slips its hand

There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows...

There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows...

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are...

Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are...