Quotes About Freedom

Give up the belief that mind is, even temporarily, compressed within the skull, and you will quickly become more manly or womanly. You will understand yourself and your Maker better than before.

You can use your womb if you want - it's the most beautiful thing to do if you want - but it's not our only reason to be put on this earth.

Whatever you read, there's no better place to read than the cockpit or the berth of a boat. It's kind of like being in a womb.

I came out of the womb dancing.

I believe I was a codependent out of the womb and have been struggling to free myself from its vice-like grip for many, many years.

Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.

In 1973, the Roe v. Wade decision concluded that women have a constitutionally protected right to safe and legal abortions. That landmark decision wasn't the beginning of women having abortions; it was the end of women dying from abortions.

Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically important to us that they learn to cry; it is important to us that they stop the crimes of violence against us.

Feminism is not just about women; it's about letting all people lead fuller lives.

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.

I can understand how some women want to marry a rich man. They may be happy for the rest of their lives, but they will never be free.

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

If women feel they are able to go from partner to partner without feeling emotionally invested and ultimately hurt, they should go for it.

Rules like 'don't wear white after Labor Day' or 'shoes matching the handbag' are antiquated. Modern women should feel free to experiment.

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.

A gender line... helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.

Marriage, to women as to men, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it.

What women really want is opportunity and the freedom to love and accept all aspects of womanhood - the intellectual, spiritual, professional, biological and relational dimensions of who we are.

Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

Nothing changes the gender equation more significantly than women's economic freedom.

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.

Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.

I do not believe that government should be in the business of telling women what they should do with their bodies.

Imagine having all of your freedoms taken away, being forced to work against your will, and constantly living under the threat of violence - in short, being forced to live as a slave. Sadly, this situation is a reality for millions of children, women, and men each year as part of the global human trafficking industry.