Elizabeth Cady Stanton

"We declare that these truths are self-evident, that all men and women are created equal."

"Woman has done much that is great, she has borne the trials and tribulations of the world with patience and resignation."

"I demand the same courtesy of thought and language that is accorded to every other body of citizens."

"The object of all history is to show that a man can never have a true conception of anything until he has acted."

"It is impossible to take away from man a single right without diminishing his manhood."

"I have a motto: 'Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.'"

"The equality of women with men is part of the eternal character of justice."

"I hold that woman is a human being as much as a man and that her rights are sacred."

"The rights of every individual are perfectly equal to the rights of every other."

"I would not exchange my life for that of any man, nor for all the money in the world."

"Woman must become a citizen and lose the right of obedience in marriage."

"I have struggled my whole life to free women from the chains of custom and prejudice."

"No man can read the history of our country without becoming a better man and a better woman."

"I have always been animated by a profound conviction that the end of life must be a good."

"I declare that woman should be a voter and a participant in all government."

"The subjection of women is the fundamental principle of slavery in all its forms."

"I have devoted my life to the liberation of women from the chains that bind them."

"The day when woman will be the equal of man will be the best day of humanity."

"I believe that the pathway of true knowledge is to understand ourselves first."

"Woman must have a voice in the laws by which she is governed."

"I am not content with any settlement that does not secure to every woman absolute equality."

"The woman who is a woman is not bound by the opinions of men."

"I declare myself a radical, and I am proud to be so."

"The time for the liberation of woman has come."

"In my estimation, the judgment of those who condemn the right of woman to vote is the judgment of ignorance."

"I have never felt that the views of men should be the measure of my own thoughts and actions."

"Woman must become the equal of man before she can become his companion."

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

"I hold that a woman has a right to the pursuit of happiness as much as a man does."

"My life is my message."