It’s not that women are less corruptible than men are, it’s that women have had less chance to become corrupt.
GLORIA STEINEMSo why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one?
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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The art of being helpful is behaving as if everything we do matters – because we never know which things might.
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The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen’s skin.
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Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
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Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.
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If you really want to be lonely, get married.
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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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Rich People plan for three generations Poor people plan for Saturday night
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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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Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in it.
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Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.
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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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The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.
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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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