Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The best protection any woman can have . . . is courage.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Every truth we see is one to give to the world, not to keep to ourselves alone.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

To refuse political equality is to rob the ostracized of all self-respect.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self- dependence must give each individual the right to choose his own surroundings.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton