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.
GLORIA STEINEMWithout leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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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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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen’s skin.
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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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Show me something that is not transformed by the other half of the human race.
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If you really want to be lonely, get married.
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Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren’t, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.
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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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Helping begins with listening.
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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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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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By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
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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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Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.
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One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!
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