Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.
GLORIA STEINEMWhat would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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I 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.
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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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So whatever you want to do, just do it… Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.
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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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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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Intelligence without character is a dangerous thing.
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Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it.
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Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
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The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us
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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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Life after 50 or 60 is itself another country, as different as adolescence is from childhood, or as adulthood is from adolescence – and just as adventurous.
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No one can give us power. If we aren’t part of the process of taking it, we won’t be strong enough to use it.
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imagining anything is the first step toward creating it. Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born.
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Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike.
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By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
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