"The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality." ― Elizabeth Cady Stanton Topic(s): Equality More From Elizabeth Cady Stanton "The best protection any woman can have… is courage." "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." "The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history." More In Equality "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money."― Samuel Johnson "The goal of the EU is to form a region of freedom, security and justice. Freedom in this connection cannot be just the freedom of the strong, but it must be combined with fraternity and equality."― Tarja Halonen "Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independence without denying themselves the joys of love and motherhood, it seems to me feminism has no roots."― Crystal Eastman