Across Quote by Christine Milne

What all this tells me is that a large proportion of the people in positions of power across Australia - politicians and media pundits…

— Clementine Ford

After the events of last week, I'm appalled at the standard Australia seems to be willing to accept in regards to its own behaviour…

— Clementine Ford

There's always been something deeply disturbing about the Abbott government's attitude to women.

— Richard Flanagan

The reality is that we do not live in a predominantly feminist or 'gender equal' world, and many Australian women are experiencing workplace discrimination,…

— Tara Moss

Women are tough campaigners. They certainly know how to withstand attacks. And I think we make a mistake if we say, as some do,…

— Ellen Malcolm

Some people find it difficult to argue with a woman Prime Minister and shrivel up.

— Douglas Hurd

Women are secretaries of state and prime ministers - but people still don't expect women to be involved in violence.

— Mia Bloom

It is not so much that women have a different point of view in politics as that they give a different emphasis. And this…

— Crystal Eastman

Almost all the United Commonwealth presidents have been female. It has been argued that women are less aggressive, more maternal, and thus more focused…

— Joelle Charbonneau

“I think all this may help explain why women leaders around the world tend to rise higher in parliamentary systems, rather than presidential ones…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

When women participate in politics, the effects ripple out across society... Women are the world's most underused resource.

— Hillary Clinton

It was unfortunate for other women who might come after [Margaret Thatcher] that the first woman to become prime minister was a male impersonator.

— Hilary Mantel