Quotes About Advocacy

Let's reserve judgment for people who beat their children, sell their daughters into prostitution, or deny women the right to make decisions about their bodies and their lives.

Marching with over a million women in support of our reproductive rights was one of the most empowering things I have done, both as a woman and as a Member of Congress.

I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.

I recognize no rights but human rights - I know nothing of men's rights and women's rights.

The most beautiful woman in the world is the one who protects and supports other women

Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

So long as women are slaves, men will be knaves.

Women's empowerment is intertwined with respect for human rights.

Without your voice being heard in Washington, the decisions we make aren't as good. I would urge women to consider public service. And if you want to run, give me a call. I'll help.

It is important for women to do something about what they see.

I'm a feminist. I've been a female for a long time now. It'd be stupid not to be on my own side.

Attacking me and women who use contraception by calling us prostitutes and worse cannot silence us.

Women have every right; they just have to excercise them.

Women had first to convince the world that they had souls and then that they had minds and then it came on to this matter of political entity and the end is not yet.

Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected.

When violence against women is no longer societally accepted, no longer kept secret; when everyone understands that even one case is too many. That's when it will change.

If women could go into your Congress, I think justice would soon be done to the Indians.

Our 'pathway' is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.

Feminism is built on believing women's accounts of sexual use and abuse by men.

There is no power in the world like that of women ... this most potent constituency we seek to represent, and for their suffrages we sue.

We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women's voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.

I HAVE REALIZED THAT FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS HAS TOO OFTEN BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH MAN-HATING. IF THERE IS ONE THING I KNOW FOR CERTAIN, IT IS THAT THIS HAS TO STOP.

Be the catalyst for change. Empowering women, empowering humanity

It's not enough for women to speak out on the issue - for the message to be strong and consistent, women's voices must be backed up by men's.