It is through the perversion of the religious element in woman, playing upon her hopes and fears of the future, holding this life with all its high duties in abeyance to that which is to come, that she and the children she has trained have been so completely subjugated by priestcraft and superstition.
Elizabeth Cady StantonTo live for a principle, for the triumph of some reform by which all mankind are to be lifted up to be wedded to an idea may be, after all, the holiest and happiest of marriages.
Elizabeth Cady StantonNo mortal ever has been, no mortal ever will be like the soul just launched on the sea of life.
Elizabeth Cady StantonWords cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton