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

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

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.

The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.

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

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

The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.

The desire to please those we admire and respect often cripples conscience.

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

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

Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.

Men as a general rule have very little reverence for trees.

Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.

Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.

Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.

Womanhood is the great fact in her life; wifehood and motherhood are but incidental relations.

I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.

I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.

Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.

Words cannot describe the indignation a proud woman feels for her sex in disfranchisement.

The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history.

The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history.

Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self- sovereignty.

Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self- sovereignty.

All honour to the noblewomen that have devoted earnest lives to the intellectual needs of mankind!

All honour to the noblewomen that have devoted earnest lives to the intellectual needs of mankind!

It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.

It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.

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

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

Our 'pathway' is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.

Our 'pathway' is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.

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

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

Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.

Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.

A woman has been the great unpaid labourer of the world.

A woman has been the great unpaid labourer of the world.