"Gerda Lerner was fierce, brilliant and unique. She……" — Gloria Steinem
"Gerda Lerner was fierce, brilliant and unique. She lived history by her bravery, restored history by her scholarship, and democratized its study by her activism."
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298 Quotes by Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem has 298 quotes on this site.
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The cleanup costs of polluting a river, injecting pesticides into the ground water, or putting noxious gases into the air…
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Even when educators survey grade school texts and create new bibliographies to help teachers include Asians, Eskimos, and other Americans,…
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Economic systems are not value-free columns of numbers based on rules of reason, but ways of expressing what varying societies…
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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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She is a water bug on the surface of life.
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If what's inside your dreams wasn't already real inside you, you couldn't even dream it.
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We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.
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By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
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For women... bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical gear are visual reminders of a commercial, idealized feminine image that…
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It doesn't matter where we begin the personal/political circle, but it matters desperately that we complete it.
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The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters.
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Patriarchy requires violence or the subliminal threat of violence in order to maintain itself... The most dangerous situation for a…
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More Activism Quotes
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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
— Edward Abbey
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom…
— Samuel Adams
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Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope…
— Bono
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Philanthropy is activism.
— Eli Broad
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
— Jimmy Carter
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I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of…
— Jimmy Carter
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Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not…
— Tommy Chong
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Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a…
— Isabel Allende
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As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that…
— George Takei
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Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.
— Alice Walker
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Because of the complexity of the problem, environmental skepticism was once tenable. No longer. It is time to flip from…
— Michael Shermer
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Acting is my career and activism is my passionate hobby. But acting is my livelihood.
— William Baldwin
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