Patricia Ireland Quotes - Page 2

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• Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put forth a positive agenda of what women need and want and then move forward toward that dream.

  Patricia Ireland

  Dream, Moving, Vision

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• I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.

  Patricia Ireland

  Christian, Giving, Belief

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• The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around.

  Patricia Ireland

  Boys, Men, Weight

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• When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law.

  Patricia Ireland

  School, Fighting, Men

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• The Young Women's Christian Association is nourished by its roots in Christianity and, at the same time, over the years, it's been enriched by beliefs and values from all kinds of places, even, in fact, strengthened by our diversity.

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  Christian, Roots, Years

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• Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.

  Patricia Ireland

  Focus, Looks, May

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• Here I am.... You get the parts of me you like and also the parts that make you uncomfortable. You have to understand that other people's comfort is no longer my job. I am no longer a flight attendant.

  Patricia Ireland

  Jobs, Here I Am, People

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• Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk about the reality of our lives and realize that we're not alone, that we have a right to be physically safe and emotionally safe in our own homes.

  Patricia Ireland

  Home, Reality, May

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