Faye Wattleton

My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be…

— Faye Wattleton

One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category.…

— Faye Wattleton

I think we have deluded ourselves into believing that people don't know that abortion is killing. So any pretense that abortion is…

— Faye Wattleton

My mother was from Mississippi, or is from 'Mississippi;' my father was from Alabama. He speaks about conditions in Mississippi and Alabama.…

— Faye Wattleton

Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure.

— Faye Wattleton

As we celebrate the 100th birthday of Margaret Sanger, our outrageous and our courageous leader, we will probably find a number of…

— Faye Wattleton

The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.

— Faye Wattleton

We've consistently seen, since the late 1990s, that more than half of women believe that abortion should be severely restricted or abolished…

— Faye Wattleton

The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.

— Faye Wattleton

I was raised in a very sheltered, narrow environment.

— Faye Wattleton

A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and…

— Faye Wattleton

'What can your kids teach you?' Well, I believe something different about kids. We don't own them, they have their own knowledge.…

— Faye Wattleton

Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions.

— Faye Wattleton

Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we can't take charge of this most personal aspect of our…

— Faye Wattleton

I have never believed in the impossible.

— Faye Wattleton

This is not a country that has had a tremendous sympathy for poor people, so I think that the notion that somehow…

— Faye Wattleton

Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight.

— Faye Wattleton

Being a person who has had plastic surgery and goes to the gym five days a week to work my muscles up…

— Faye Wattleton

The deal is that women have entered the workforce, but they have not been relieved of the domestic responsibilities.

— Faye Wattleton

Men's reproduction isn't regulated by the state -- and it shouldn't be. Neither should women's.

— Faye Wattleton

Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than…

— Faye Wattleton

In 1985, I saw a tape of myself where my eyes were puffy. I looked very tired and bedraggled and not as…

— Faye Wattleton

Just saying no prevents teenage pregnancy the way 'Have a nice day' cures chronic depression.

— Faye Wattleton

We have a very long way to go to really penetrate the power structure. Until that happens, you will not see stability…

— Faye Wattleton

My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.

— Faye Wattleton