Quotes About Advocacy

It is unthinkable that a national government which represents women should ignore the issue of the right of all women to political freedom.

Women are the social conscience of a country. They hold our societies together.

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.

Women's rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all people should enjoy.

Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.

Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done.

I am not here for women only, but also for women.

Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.

No woman can become or remain degraded without all women suffering.

It will not do to say that it is out of woman's sphere to assist in making laws, for if that were so, then it should be also out of her sphere to submit to them.

I am prepared to sacrifice every so-called privilege I possess in order to have a few rights.

I grew up so thoroughly imbued with women's rights that it was the most important question of my life from a very early day.

There is much that women can bring into politics that would make our world a kinder, gentler place for humanity to thrive in.

We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader or by any government.

In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less.

There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.

Healthcare for trans women is a necessity. It is not elective. It is not cosmetic. It is life saving.

Activism is something that no one can fake. You get angry. You cry. But you never throw in your towel, because that anger is what is propelling you to further action.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

I became a feminist because I wanted to help my daughters, other women and myself aspire to something more than a place behind a good man.

Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

I thought I had been a suffragist before I became a Poor Law Guardian, but now I began to think about the vote in women's hands not only as a right but as a desperate necessity.

I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality.