Women 's rights Quotes · Page 3

It's wonderful to watch pretty women with character grow beautiful.

— Mignon McLaughlin

“Most of us have a few events that divide our lives into “before” and “after.”

— Gloria Steinem

Men will often admit other women are oppressed but not you.

— Sheila Rowbotham

You cannot decree women to be sexually free when they are not economically free.

— Shere Hite

Girls are taught to seem, to appear - not to be and do.

— Abby May Alcott

I finally got it: empower girls and everything changes.

— Jane Fonda

“A Jewish woman in exile in the 1930s is an antihero.”

— Núria Añó

“Tolerating women is surprisingly easier than understanding them.”

— Raheel Farooq

If you can intervene early in the lives of girls here and in other parts of the world, you can begin to…

— Jane Fonda

If a country doesn't recognize minority rights and human rights, including women's rights, you will not have the kind of stability and…

— Hillary Clinton

I wish the women's rights folks would be more sensible. I think women have a great deal to learn, before they are…

— Ellen Swallow Richards

[The Republicans] all want to see women's rights eroded and for abortion to become illegal again.

— Hillary Clinton

“Any book that spreads weakness in the heart of one gender, and authoritarianism in the other, must be burnt to ashes.”

— Abhijit Naskar

We are not going back. Not only are we not going to retreat on women's rights, we are going to expand them.…

— Bernie Sanders

All talk of women's rights is moonshine. Women have every right. They have only to exercise them.

— Victoria Woodhull

“Revolting. If women were so careless to become pregnant at such a time, let women sort it out.”

— Ruta Sepetys

I live in a war zone. I would never have imagined 37 years ago when I started practicing law that there would…

— Gloria Allred

Women's rights, men's rights-human rights-all are threatened by the everpresent specter of war so destructive now of human material and moral values…

— Rosika Schwimmer

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are…

— Susan B. Anthony

There might be a lot of difference between Republicans and Democrats on key social issues like women's rights and health care. But…

— Moby

“It is time to renew the battle for reproductive rights. We have been outmaneuvered, outspent, outpostured, and outvoted by a group of…

— Sarah Weddington

“I used to think I would be rewarded for good behavior. Therefore, if I wasn’t understood, I must not be understandable; if…

— Gloria Steinem

“In order to gain gender equality, women and men must work together, equally, to teach our daughters and sons to embrace our…

— Basia Christ

Full democracy requires the full participation of women. Your voices are vital. The word 'vital' means necessary for life. A democracy, to…

— Swanee Hunt

Don't miss out on the love of a good women,son. No matter what that old man of yours tells you,love is real.I'd…

— Abbi Glines

“Trusting women means also trusting them to find their way. This isn’t to say, of course, that I think women’s sexual choices…

— Jessica Valenti

The backlash against women's rights would be just one of several powerful forces creating a harsh and painful climate for women at…

— Susan Faludi

The few own the many because they possess the means of livelihood of all ... The country is governed for the richest,…

— Helen Keller

“The stewards, and then the bailiffs, and then finally the lawyers meet. They wrangle, they agree, and we are to be married…

— Philippa Gregory

And, you know, politics aside, the success of Sarah Palin and women like her is good for all women - except, of…

— Tina Fey

“Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies, practiced no…

— Dale Spender

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most sweeping civil rights legislation of its day, and included women's rights as part…

— Adam Selzer

Let us not forget that among [women's] rights is the right to speak freely.

— Hillary Clinton

In the fight for women's rights, the support of men remains crucial.

— Hillary Clinton

“Behind tranquillity lies conquered unhappiness.”

— J. William T. Youngs

The suppression of women's rights began with the suppression of women's rites.

— Merlin Stone

We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.

— Geraldine Ferraro

I am dedicated to ensuring reproductive health and freedom for all.

— Kathleen Turner

I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Women's rights must not be the sacrifice by which peace is achieved,

— Fawzia Koofi