Idealist Quote by Jessie Daniel Ames

Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of…

— Grover Cleveland

there were some Labourists saying that other things must be dealt with before women got the vote. It was humanly natural that they, as…

— Christabel Pankhurst

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.

— Shirley Chisholm

And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central…

— Ed Miliband

We are bringing women into politics to change the nature of politics, to change the vision, to change the institutions. Women are not wedded…

— Bella Abzug

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being deprived of…

— Germaine Greer

It's usually pointed out that women are not fit for political power, and ought not to be trusted with a vote because they are…

— George Bernard Shaw

We must get rid of the habit of classing all women together politically and thinking of the 'woman's vote' as one and indivisible.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

Decisions just look different with women at the table. We still have a long way to go. The most powerful thing we own is…

— Bev Perdue

We reasoned that the men would find it difficult to vote against the women in their home states when a woman was sitting with…

— Jeannette Rankin

When I first ran, being a woman in politics was seen as both a negative and also a positive. You could attract more women…

— Tammy Duckworth

Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work.

— Caroline Kennedy