Action Quote by Bella Abzug

Feminism is the most revolutionary idea there has ever been. Equality for women demands a change in the human psyche, more profound than anything…

— Polly Toynbee

Countries with more gender equality have better economic growth. Companies with more women leaders perform better. Peace agreements that include women are more durable.…

— Ban Ki-moon

Equality begins with economic empowerment.

— George H. W. Bush

“Women united can create movements. We can empower entire generations. We can build peace one action at a time. Together we rise. The time…

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“Equality has a built-in revolutionary force lacking in such ideas as justice or liberty. For once the ideal of equality becomes uppermost, it can…

— Robert Nisbet

I need [Beijing's] trust in order to develop universal suffrage. The more suspicions being expressed, the more difficulty we'll have in moving towards the…

— Donald Tsang

Women's fight for equal rights is essentially a humanist and peaceful struggle for true democracy, and a higher form of civilization.

— Leyla Zana

The movement for equality and justice can only be a success if it has both a mass and militant character; the barriers to be…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“It is only when women start to organize in large numbers that we become a political force, and begin to move towards the possibility…

— Sheila Rowbotham

The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to…

— Jenny Shipley

I would chance saying globally there is a feeling that female empowerment has, at last, become a topic that is fashionable, and more power…

— Gwendoline Christie

Women have to stop pretending the choices we make, particularly if we have a platform, don't affect others. We have to be held accountable.

— Keli Goff