Aristotle Quote by Stacy Schiff

Women govern us; let us render them perfect: the more they are enlightened, so much the more shall we be. On the cultivation of…

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us.

— Cato the Elder

I'm not an encyclopedia of ancient Egyptian history, but women did hold positions of status in ancient Egypt. Obviously, famously, people like Nefertiti and…

— Josh Gates

“The fact of women’s separate biological capacities has been used as a pretext for excluding women from the centres of power. But even as…

— Gabrielle Palmer

All the genres of philosophy, science, high art, athletics and politics were invented by men. But by the Promethean law of conflict and capture,…

— Camille Paglia

It must always be borne in mind that the assumption of woman's social superiority lies at the root of these rules of conduct.

— Humphry Davy

“Women were responsible for raising next generation of citizens, they themselves needed to be well educated in order to teach their children. She never…

— Lynne Withey

Women rule our lives, don't they?

— Juan Manuel Fangio

Women, when they do break into power or succeed, can expect to have their lives scrutinised for clues to how they managed it exactly…

— Dawn Foster

I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.

— Sally Quinn

Women, more than men, are bound by tradition and authority. What the father, the brother, the doctor, and the minister have said has been…

— Maria Mitchell

If women are not perceived to be fully within the structures of power, surely it is power that we need to redefine rather than…

— Mary Beard