Elizabeth Cady Stanton

"The movement in behalf of woman has never yet been crushed."

"A mother's work lasts forever and she molds the character of the nation."

"In every age and country the church has thrown herself across the path of progress."

"The prejudice against color, of which we hear so much, is no stronger than that against sex."

"I have always felt that woman's true power lies in her intellectual and moral nature."

"The female mind has been cramped and compressed into the smallest possible space."

"I believe in the equality of woman and I believe it is the only basis for justice."

"Woman's discontent increases in an exact ratio with her development."

"The obstacles which prevent woman from obtaining a good education are many."

"I am a firm believer in the doctrine of education for all."

"It is very little to me what the world says about the stand I have taken."

"The sentiment of the community is with me and supports my position."

"A wife should have as much right to the property of her husband as he has to hers."

"I have always noticed that those who work hardest are those who suffer most."

"The human heart has infinite capacity for endurance and growth."

"I never feel as if I had done anything until it is published."

"I have no sympathy with those who would crush the hopes of any human being."

"Woman's true happiness must rest upon the foundation of her own respect."

"The greatest evil to be endured is the subjection of half the human race."

"I am thankful that the eye of intelligence is open on this subject at last."

"To deny woman the right to a voice in government is to deny her human rights."

"I have thought much about the matter and feel constrained to speak my conviction."

"It is impossible to calculate the mighty influence of the mother of the race."

"The real battle is not against men but against the darkness of ignorance."

"I feel that I have been placed on this earth for a purpose."

"Until women are admitted into all the professions and arts, society cannot progress."

"I cannot see why I should not have a voice in the disposition of my own earnings."

"The work we have undertaken is no light matter and requires all our strength."

"I have often been struck by the wisdom of the suffragettes in their methods."

"We ask for our rights as women, nothing less and nothing more."