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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.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Character, Self, Add
Speech before Senate Judiciary Committee, 18 Jan. 1892

... so long as woman labors to second man's endeavors and exalt his sex above her own, her virtues pass unquestioned; but when shedares to demand rights and privileges for herself, her motives, manners, dress, personal appearance, and character are subjects for ridicule and detraction.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sex, Character, Men
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1898). “Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, 1815-1897”, p.241, UPNE

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self-sovereignty; the right to an equal place, everywhere conceded--a place earned by personal merit, not an artificial attainment by inheritance, wealth, family and position.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Character, Responsibility, Self
Speech before Senate Judiciary Committee, 18 Jan. 1892

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