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title: "6 Woman Candidate Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“One merely had to imagine a woman candidate doing what Trump did, from lying to leering, to understand what latitude masculinity possesses.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-solnit/one-merely-had-to-imagine-a-woman-candidate-doing-what-trump-did-from/)

[Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-solnit/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd9/rebecca-solnit-569_last-year_one-merely-had-to-imagine-a-woman-candid_532210.png)

> [I guess I don't have a candidate who makes my heart go pitter-patter the way I wish it would. I'm thinking, here's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-paretsky/i-guess-i-don-t-have-a-candidate-who-makes-my-heart-go-pitter-patter/)

[Sara Paretsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-paretsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/sara-paretsky-8563_african-american_i-guess-i-don-t-have-a-candidate-who-mak_1234051.jpg)

> [There's going to be a demand for perfectionism on the part of Hillary Clinton, or any other pro-equality woman candidate, that would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/there-s-going-to-be-a-demand-for-perfectionism-on-the-part-of-hillary/)

[Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/gloria-steinem-277_attractiveness_there-s-going-to-be-a-demand-for-perfect_1516038.jpg)

> [Hillary Clinton should be president not because she's a woman but because she's the best for the job. I don't think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pelosi/hillary-clinton-should-be-president-not-because-she-s-a-woman-but/)

[Nancy Pelosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pelosi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d52/nancy-pelosi-1267_candidates_hillary-clinton-should-be-president-not_1600108.png)

> [As a woman candidate myself, I know how important it was to be encouraged to run, to think outside of the box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elise-stefanik/as-a-woman-candidate-myself-i-know-how-important-it-was-to-be/)

[Elise Stefanik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elise-stefanik/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/elise-stefanik-6507_box_as-a-woman-candidate-myself-i-know-how-i_2296495.jpg)

> [Leaders talk about gender equality but it is not seen during selection of candidates. They will talk about winnability and a woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nagma/leaders-talk-about-gender-equality-but-it-is-not-seen-during/)

[Nagma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nagma/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/nagma-8956_candidates_leaders-talk-about-gender-equality-but-i_2848951.jpg)

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