Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes (10+)

Enjoy the best Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes. Quotations by Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Suffragist, Activist)
Jan 01, 1970 - Jan 01, 1970

The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.

Come, come, my conservative friend... and see that the world is moving.

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

I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.

Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.

Woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others... the divine floods of light no longer flow into our souls.

Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.

Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

About the Author

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902) was a leading figure of the early women's rights movement in the US, co-organizing the Seneca Falls Convention and drafting the Declaration of Sentiments.