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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton
 
Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton
 
 Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman's thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton
 
The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.
-Lucretia Mott
 
We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by truth.
-Lucretia Mott
 
In a true marriage relation the independence of the husband and the wife is equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
-Lucretia Mott

Saundra, Hilary, Richard, Alley
English 11