You are the leader you’ve been waiting for.
GLORIA STEINEMLaw and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Helping begins with listening.
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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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learning must travel the distance from head to heart.
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What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
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Hope is a very unruly emotion.
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I believe that transgender people, including those who have transitioned, are living out real, authentic lives. Those lives should be celebrated, not questioned. Their health care decisions should be theirs and theirs alone to make.
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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.
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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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[on sexual politics] The Golden Rule works for men as written, but for women it should go the other way around. We need to do unto ourselves as we do unto others.
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If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?
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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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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 are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it.
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