Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes About Progress
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A woman who occupies the same realm of thought with man, who can explore with him the depths of science, comprehend the steps of progress through the long past and prophesy those of the momentous future, must ever be surprised and aggravated with his assumptions of leadership and superiority, a superiority she never concedes, an authority she utterly repudiates.
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Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.
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Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
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When men and women think, the first step to progress is taken.
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Without fear of contradiction, I can safely say that every step in progress that woman has made she has been assailed by ecclesiastics, that her most vigilant unwearied opponents have always been the clergy.
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The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.
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