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
GLORIA STEINEMThe art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.
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The origins of violence against women by men are not biological. If that were the case, it would exist in every culture. And it doesn’t exist in every culture.
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Marriage works best for men than women. The two happiest groups are married men and unmarried women.
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Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.
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I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion.
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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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You are the leader you’ve been waiting for.
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Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it.
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Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
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Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
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Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.
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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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The voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man.
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Hope is a very unruly emotion.
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I don’t like writing. I like having written.
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