Women Equality Quotes - Page 3

• The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Inspiring, Strong Women, Sex

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  If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.

  Abigail Adams

  Women, Memorable, Equality

  Letter to John Adams, 31 Mar. 1776 See Defoe 2

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• If non-violence is the Law of our being, the future is with Women.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Equality, Law, Women Empowerment

  Mahatma Gandhi, K. Swaminathan (1988). “A Gandhi Reader”, Stosius Incorporated/Advent Books Division

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• I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Inspirational, Girl

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

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• Today the two hundred million men in our country are entering into a civilized new world...but we, the two hundred million women, are still kept down in the dungeon.

  Qiu Jin

  Country, Men, Two

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• Making it through the ceiling to the other side was simply a matter of running on a path created by every other woman's footprints.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Inspirational, Running, Ceilings

  Shonda Rhimes (2015). “Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person”, p.173, Simon and Schuster

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• Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Reform, World, Women's Suffrage

  Lynn Sherr, Susan B. Anthony (1995). “Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words”, Crown

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• Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

  Abigail Adams

  Wedding, Husband, Women

  Letter to John Adams, 31 Mar. 1776 See Defoe 2

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• Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'

  Clare Boothe Luce

  Inspirational, Strong Women, Independent Women

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• We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Women, Empowering, Feminist

  Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.268, Northwestern University Press

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• If it is true that men are better than women because they are stronger, why aren't our sumo wrestlers in the government?

  Toshiko Kishida

  Women, Government, Words Of Wisdom

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• If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

  Saul Bellow

  Teacher, Women, Ability

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• Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

  Virginia Woolf

  Women, Interesting, Feminism

  A Room of One's Own ch. 2 (1929)

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• Whenever women have insisted on absolute equality with men, they have invariably wound up with the dirty end of the stick. What they are and what they can do makes them superior to men, and their proper tactic is to demand special privileges, all the traffic will bear. They should never settle merely for equality. For women, "equality" is a disaster.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Dirty, Men, Special

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.236, Penguin

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• There is still nothing like equality for women in jobs, in family. There's just an awareness that inequality is not acceptable.

  Alix Kates Shulman

  Jobs, Awareness, Inequality

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• Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf.

  Alice S Rossi

  Self Esteem, Equality, Men

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• The only way to ensure equality for women is to clearly declare it in our Constitution.

  Carolyn Maloney

  Way, Constitution

  "Women’s Equality Yet to Be Fully Realized" by Carolyn Maloney, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2011.

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• You believe in equality for women and men. And that means that, not only do you believe in it kind of in the abstract but you actively think people should seek it when it comes to the way you hire people, the way you compensate people, the way you treat women and men in professional settings and school, whatever the case, giving them equal opportunities without disadvantaging them because of their, for the fact that they're women. And to me that's what it means for me to be a feminist. I don't think it's that controversial.

  John Legend

  Believe, School, Mean

  "John Legend Has His Dad Jokes at the Ready". Interview with Samantha Leal, www.marieclaire.com. January 14, 2016.

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• I’d like every man who doesn’t call himself a feminist to explain to the women in his life why he doesn’t believe in equality for women.

  Louise Brealey

  Believe, Men, Feminist

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Friends, haters, it's Twitter poll time. What do you think most holds back justice and equality for women? All thoughts welcome!

  Olivia Wilde

  Thinking, Bad Ass, Justice

  Twitter post from Feb 07, 2014

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• There is no freedom that I would grant to any man that I would refuse to woman, and there is no freedom that I would refuse to either man or woman except the freedom to invade ... whoever has the ballot has the freedom to invade, and whoever wants the ballot wants the freedom to invade. Give woman equality with man, by all means; but do it by taking power from man, not giving it to woman.

  Benjamin Tucker

  Mean, Men, Giving

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• If supporters of equality for women want to vote for the best candidate, they must look to a person regardless of gender and must disregard the gender of political opponents.

  Karen DeCrow

  Political, Looks, Opponents

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• Thinking about the world writ large, I am more optimistic than not that we will tackle our most pressing challenges, whether poverty or equality for women and girls or climate change; but I also know we'll only tackle them if people are really informed about the challenge and what's proven to work.

  Chelsea Clinton

  Girl, Optimistic, Thinking

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• I'm excited that more people, especially men, are understanding that equality is good for them. I don't want men to want equality for women because they're being nice to their colleagues and daughters. I want men to want it because it's better for their companies and their lives.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Daughter, Nice, Men

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• If you're talking about intellectual and social equality for women, we're not much better off.America is still very much a male-dominated society. Most American men feel threatened sexually unless they're taller than the female, more intellectual, better educated, better paid and higher placed statuswise in the business world. They've got to be the authority, the final word.

  Madalyn Murray O'Hair

  Men, Talking, America

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