It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.
Camille PagliaI think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men; they are far superior and always have been.
WomenWilliam GoldingSocial progress can be measured by the social position of the females.
Karl MarxThere is a wall of silence against women and violence, and every time a woman speaks out it breaks a crack in that wall.
Being Silent, WomenMarai LarasiWoman: "Got some lady lawyer here."
Ingrid: "You can just say 'lawyer'."
None of us should accept a future in which our daughters and granddaughters have fewer rights than we did.
Hillary Clinton, May 2022Women who don't demand anything, are taken by their word - they don't get anything.
Simone de BeauvoirA woman's strength should not be in her role, whatever she chooses to be, but in the power to choose that role.
Brandon Sanderson in The Stormlight Archive - Words of RadianceIt's not about counting women, it's about making sure that women count!
Claudia Roth, February 2019Girls today can be anything. CEO, Olympic golden medalist, even a Supreme Court Justice. We've finally broken that glass ceiling and, wow, it sure looks good from the top.
GirlsSara Hill in Good Girls, Season 1 Episode 1We have to free half of the human race, the women, so that they can help to free the other half.
Emmeline PankhurstIt's time for society to stop telling girls what they should and shouldn't do. And instead through the quietest whispers and the loudest megaphones tell them that they are unstoppable. The world is desperate for leaders, male and female. It's not about gender, it's about purpose.
GirlsMaisie WilliamsI'm privileged because I can defend myself. Millions of women that are hurt every day, cannot.
Ursula von der Leyen, April 2021, about "Sofagate"If you empower women, you can change the world.
Meg RyanIf women ran every country in the world there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes.
Barack ObamaThe day has to come when it's not a surprise that a woman has a powerful position.
Condoleezza RiceWe want to take our activism and our power into action and change things for every woman, everywhere, working in any workplace.
Mira SorvinoI really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has been more wholesome in the political process than the increased involvement of women.
Women, PoliticsNancy PelosiGender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.
Michelle BacheletIf we're discussing women's empowerment and equal rights, then yes, I support it.
Dulquer SalmaanThe thing women must do to rise to power is to redefine their femininity. Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact, power has no sex.
PowerKatharine GrahamI have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.
Madeleine AlbrightI think the key is for women not to set any limits.
Martina NavratilovaEverything has to do with education: If you educate the girls, you educate the family, the community, and society, in general.
Education, GirlsAlek WekI demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.
Evita PeronIt's really important that young women be reminded that their involvement matters and that their voice is heard. Even if it feels like it's small, it really can make an impact.
Meghan MarkleWomen are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.
Hillary ClintonI think the most important thing people can do to save our planet and the human race is to empower women.
Robert BallardGreat women, in partnership with great men, will continue to take us forward.
Richard EdelmanIf we are to end violence against women and girls, we need to create seismic shifts across our social norms.
WomenMarai LarasiNo Liberal member of Parliament will vote - to take away a woman's right to choose.
Justin TrudeauWomen do have more rights these days. But they had more power in the past.
Charles Aznavour