What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?
GLORIA STEINEMBecause when some people are invisible, everyone suffers.
More Gloria Steinem Quotes
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learning must travel the distance from head to heart.
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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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The voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man.
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Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.
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I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after 30-and 40, and 50, and 60, and 77! Believe me, life is one long surprise.
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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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There is a naive belief that injustice only had to be pointed out in order to be cured.
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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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If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.
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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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In order to make a choice, you need the power to see there is one.
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A good friendship is a conversation that never ends.
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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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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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So whatever you want to do, just do it… Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.
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