By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
GLORIA STEINEMWe choose to be writers because we don’t want to talk.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it.
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Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
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Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites.
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Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It’s about making life more fair for women everywhere. It’s not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It’s about baking a new pie.
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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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Helping begins with listening.
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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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Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.
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What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
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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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Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
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Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night
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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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Women have two choices: Either she’s a feminist or a masochist.
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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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