African american Quote by Faye Wattleton

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

— Faye Wattleton

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

— 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 not killing…

— Faye Wattleton

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

— 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 areas in…

— 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 altogether.

— 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 tough.

— 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. From the…

— Faye Wattleton