Patricia Ireland

Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk…

— Patricia Ireland

Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold…

— Patricia Ireland

Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps.

— Patricia Ireland

I know that Bush, for political reasons, is going to nominate a minority, a Hispanic man or someone where it will be…

— Patricia Ireland

Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.

— Patricia Ireland

the two major parties too often present us with a choice of the evil of two lessers.

— Patricia Ireland

The Young Women's Christian Association is nourished by its roots in Christianity and, at the same time, over the years, it's been…

— Patricia Ireland

Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate.

— Patricia Ireland

Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he…

— Patricia Ireland

The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around.

— Patricia Ireland

I know that it isn't just violence against women, it's how do we support ourselves and our families, how do we deal…

— Patricia Ireland

When I hear traditional family values raised, I hear that effort once again to re-establish the man as head and master of…

— Patricia Ireland

And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use…

— Patricia Ireland

I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.

— Patricia Ireland

The opposition has moved from a blaming the victim to blaming the victim's advocate's statistics. Irrespective of what the numbers are, it's…

— Patricia Ireland

I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many…

— Patricia Ireland

More than 10,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County have been rejected by some machine without any opportunity for a human being to take…

— Patricia Ireland

All of us knew he was a snake when we voted for him

— Patricia Ireland

When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and…

— Patricia Ireland

Is a woman raped every three minutes or every six minutes? It is far too much, whatever it is.

— Patricia Ireland

Jesus never said anything about homosexuality.

— Patricia Ireland

Whatever Congress decides to do, in all fairness the only ones who should vote on this issue are members who themselves have…

— Patricia Ireland

Here I am.... You get the parts of me you like and also the parts that make you uncomfortable. You have to…

— Patricia Ireland

I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is…

— Patricia Ireland

Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.

— Patricia Ireland