Elizabeth Cady Stanton

"I am convinced that woman's emancipation is essential to the progress of the human race."

"The greatest legacy I can leave is the belief that women are the equals of men."

"I have learned that true courage is standing alone for what you believe is right."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

"I declare that woman's voice must be heard in the councils of the nation."

"The foundation of all rights is the right to be oneself."

"The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man."

"I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must learn to protect herself."

"The true woman is as yet a dream of the future."

"In the opinion of many, the greatest blot on our civilization is the subjection of woman."

"I found that the most difficult thing I had to learn was to endure loneliness."

"Resolved, that the equal rights of all women are justified by the law of nature and reason."

"I declare to you that woman must have a purse of her own and how to use it."

"The memory of my mother is with me still as a perpetual benediction."

"My life cannot be complete without marriage, yet I cannot endure to be dependent."

"The day may yet come when the rights of woman shall be proclaimed with the same force."

"I see women have not yet learned to assert themselves in their own native power."

"Every woman should have the means to earn her own bread."

"The first object of a woman should be to educate herself."

"I urge women to speak out and reclaim their power."

"The condition of woman is not wholly unlike that of the slave."

"Let women have the ballot and we will have no more laws that degrade her."

"I am not at all in a humorous mood and I do not care much to converse."

"Women have been called queens for a long time but the kingdom given them is small."

"I declare to you that the most reformers fail because they do not have sufficient confidence."

"A woman should be taught to depend on herself, to have courage, energy and industry."

"The principle of true civilization is the exact reverse of the principle of war."

"I have been the almost daily recipient of letters cursing me for the stand I have taken."

"If Congress refuse women all redress, we have no other course but revolution."

"I feel as if the life of the world was condensed in this hour."