Quotes About Advocacy

We must continually work to obtain and preserve the right to vote and future votes of babies in the womb, their parents, the sick, the elderly, the poor, all Americans.

I came out of the womb into the Labour movement.

Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights.

I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.

I'll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I'll always be a feminist.

I am a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. I am a friend of women and I am their advocate.

Others have said it before me. If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu. And so it is important that we have women in the United States Senate - strong women, women who are there to help advance an agenda that is important to women.

We do need women in civic life. We do need women to run for office, to be in political office. We need a feminist to be at the table when decisions are being made so that the right decisions will be made.

Women should not be forced to accept sexual harassment as the price of admission to a life and career in the political world. They should not have to endure unwanted touching, innuendo, and propositioning from men in positions of power.

There are a number of women who have brought about immense change in society.

It can't be articulated enough, that feminism means the desire to have equality between men and women. I believe that, and I act on those beliefs by going to marches and making a difference where I can.

Gender equality is not only an issue for women and girls.

Protecting the lives of women in childbirth and in their postpartum months should be a common priority.

You must make women count as much as men; you must have an equal standard of morals; and the only way to enforce that is through giving women political power so that you can get that equal moral standard registered in the laws of the country. It is the only way.

Pro-life feminists believe in women and their ability. Pro-choice feminists only see women as weak and something to be exploited.

Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that's feminism.

Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve.

NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.

Whether it's salary or a promotion or a job, I think it's important for women to ask for what they think they deserve.

It is downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government: the ballot.

Feminism is, I hope, a way to a better future for everyone who inhabits this world. Feminism should not be something that needs a seductive marketing campaign. The idea of women moving through the world as freely as men should sell itself.

The one thing I have never been afraid of is standing before important people and speaking my mind. I represent women who may never have the opportunity to go to the UN or meet with a president. I'm never afraid to speak truth to power.

Hillary Clinton will always be there for you. And just remember - there's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other.

I think if we get freedom for women, then they are probably going to do a lot of things that I wish they wouldn't do. But it seems to me that isn't our business to say what they should do with it. It is our business to see that they get it.