“The greatest block today in the way of woman's emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood.”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Tags: Bible | Block | Canon | Church | Emancipation | Greatest | Law | Priesthood | Today | Way | Woman
40% of people like this quote
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Other Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes
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
74% of people like this quote
Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
53% of people like this quote
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
53% of people like this quote
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
53% of people like this quote