Elizabeth Cady Stanton

"I feel, as never before, that this is preeminently the time to do justice to woman."

"The first step in the elevation of woman to her true position, as an equal factor in civilization, is the cultivation of self-respect."

"I declare myself an abolitionist, heart and soul."

"The solitude and personal responsibleness of her own individual life demands all her powers."

"How can woman elevate herself? By education, by a thorough knowledge of the world in which she lives."

"I do not believe the Bible to be the word of God, but it is a most interesting book."

"The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences."

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

"I have always done everything that was asked of me by my God, my husband, and my children."

"The object of this convention is to discuss the great fundamental principle of the natural equality of the sexes."

"I declare myself an abolitionist of slavery and all forms of tyranny."

"Woman has it in her power to more readily effect all necessary changes."

"If the government assigns to women the duties of citizens, it must assign to them also the rights."

"I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man."

"The history of the world shows that the greatest movements have always been headed by some man or woman of genius."

"I demand that woman shall have the same rights as man in the acquisition of property and the custody of children."

"Nothing strengthens our faith so much as the conviction that all we do is right."

"The education of girls has been so sadly neglected."

"Man cannot feel what he does not understand."

"The demand for woman suffrage is based on the fact that government derive their just powers from the consent of the governed."

"I have been called a radical and a troublemaker, and I wear those titles as badges of honor."

"The first step in woman's emancipation must be the cultivation of a spirit of independence."

"I do not want to die as long as I can work; when I have nothing more to do, I shall be glad to go."

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

"A woman who demands equal rights is called unwomanly, but a man demanding his rights is called a patriot."

"We ask the right to work according to our capacity."

"I have always maintained that if women would simply refuse to bear children, they would accomplish the rights of mankind in the next generation."

"The best heresy is Christianity unadulterated and unperverted by the gross superstitions of Rome."

"I have lived my whole life according to one principle: the equality of the sexes."

"The question of the hour is whether woman has any rights at all."