Elizabeth Cady Stanton

"Woman's degradation is inseparable from man's degradation."

"I think the girl who is obliged to depend on her own exertions must have a higher confidence in herself than one who has always been supported."

"We have all been so long accustomed to consider ourselves as subordinate beings, that few can yet realize the new position to which we have suddenly sprung."

"I have been in a state of rebellion all my life."

"Woman has been the greatest sufferer from the subjection of her sex."

"I have never feared to express my opinions, and I never will."

"The most powerful thing women possess is the ability to define themselves."

"Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God."

"I cannot believe that our Heavenly Father desires the mothers of our race to spend all their time in the nursery."

"Woman is the equal of man in all respects, and should be so recognized and treated."

"Society creates the injustice, and then blames women for accepting it."

"The prejudice against women is so great that we must work twice as hard to be acknowledged."

"I am determined to raise my voice for the voiceless."

"Education opens the eyes of the mind and expands the capacity of the soul."

"The true way to solve the woman question is to make women independent citizens."

"I will not be silenced by those who fear a woman with a voice."

"Woman must have justice before she can have peace."

"The greatest glory of woman is that she dared to think for herself."

"I have lived to see what I once dreamed of for generations to come."

"Women must learn to play the game as men do, without apology."

"Every woman is a divine being worthy of respect and equality."

"The bondage of woman is as much the bondage of man, for he too is chained by unjust laws."

"I believe the day will come when woman will be as free as man."

"Woman's first duty is to herself, for she cannot help others if she is broken."

"The prejudice against women is written in laws, not in nature."

"I have given my life to the cause of woman's freedom."

"Woman is capable of being anything a man is capable of being."

"The world will never be at peace until women are free."

"I am a woman, therefore I am capable of thought."

"To vote is not a right given, but a right denied unless we fight for it."