Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
GLORIA STEINEMPower can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
GLORIA STEINEMIn order to make a choice, you need the power to see there is one.
GLORIA STEINEMI believe a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again.
GLORIA STEINEMIf you can learn to like how you look, and not the way you think you look, it can set you free.
GLORIA STEINEMWomen may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
GLORIA STEINEMMost American children suffer too much mother and too little father.
GLORIA STEINEMSo why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
GLORIA STEINEMThere are many ways of supporting gender equality, from something as simple as paid sick leave and flexible work hours to attributing an economic value to all care-giving, and making that amount tax deductible.
GLORIA STEINEMI have me brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.
GLORIA STEINEMIt’s not that women are less corruptible than men are, it’s that women have had less chance to become corrupt.
GLORIA STEINEMLaw and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.
GLORIA STEINEMWriting keeps me from believing everything I read.
GLORIA STEINEMRich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night
GLORIA STEINEMIf men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
GLORIA STEINEMA lot of my generation are living out the un-lived lives of our mothers.
GLORIA STEINEMOnce we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.
GLORIA STEINEM