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Feminist Quotes by Virginia Woolf
- The chief glory of a woman is not to be talked of, said Pericles, himself a much-talked-of-man.
- All this pitting of sex against sex, of quality against quality; all this claiming of superiority and imputing of inferiority belong to the private-school stage…
- A feminist is any woman who tells the truth about her life
- For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.
- As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.
- Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my…
More Feminist Quotes
- We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly. — Margaret Atwood
- I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything. — David Bailey
- The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. — Roseanne Barr
- I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women. — Ruth Benedict
- Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather… — Bjork
- I'm just a person trapped inside a woman's body. — Elayne Boosler
- I read that book 'Fat is a Feminist Issue', got a bit desperate halfway through and ate it. — Jo Brand
- There's lots of different feminist groups. It's not as straightforward as just looking like a plumber. — Jo Brand
- I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will. — Charlotte Bronte
- One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us. — Tammy Bruce
- The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people. — Betty Buckley
- A good part - and definitely the most fun part - of being a feminist is about frightening men. — Julie Burchill