There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.
GLORIA STEINEMPower can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
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Women must have seats at the table because peace is too crucial to be left only to the politicians or only to the male half of our world.
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A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around us is the end as well as the means.
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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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You are the leader you’ve been waiting for.
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Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That’s their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.
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A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.
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What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be in the future, with kindness, with nurturing, with dreams, ambition, using your talents, not resorting to violence, other forms of conflict resolution, with humor, with poetry, with music.
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We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.
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It’s not that women are less corruptible than men are, it’s that women have had less chance to become corrupt.
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I 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.
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The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights
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when pain has been intertwined with love and closeness, it’s very difficult to believe that love and closeness can be experienced without pain.
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Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
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What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
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