Quotes About Autonomy

That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. 'Good for her! Not for me.'

I think it's a scary thing for a lot of people to think of the government not being involved in their lives, particularly single women.

I think, as women, we have to stop being scared to be the women we want to be and we have to raise our daughters to be the women they want to be - not the women we think they should be.

A child who thinks he can't do anything on his own eventually can't.

Being a strong woman is very important to me. But doing it all on my own is not.

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?

I won't be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.

You should resolve not to seek public approval of your private business, when you are not also prepared to accept public disapproval.

Why must women stay quietly? Why must we be little moons, each of us stuck in our little orbit, revolving around a planet that is some man? Why can't we be other planets? Why must we be moons?

Never ask anyone if you should do something, if ultimately you are afraid to do it. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble.

The No. 1 reason women stay in abusive relationships - because they're not able to take care of themselves financially. It's also the No. 1 reason why women go back.

I earn and pay my own way as a great many women do today.

Stop telling women to smile.

Why should men arrogate to themselves the right to regulate female purity?

Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.

Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?

I'm not interested in dating. I like being with my own best friend, me. Certain women, particularly older women, cannot believe I like going to a social event by myself. But I do.

Marriage must cease to be a matter of arrangement made by parents for money.

I like women who are self-sufficient.

Women have more rights, and women do have their own power in the world.

I think it's time we women stopped carrying supplies for the entire family. If children don't have room to carry their own toys, if men don't have pockets in their pants, tougho.

Why are women immobile? Because so many feel like they're waiting for someone to say, "You're good, you're pretty, I give you permission."

The government has no business in the decisions that women make with their families in accordance with their faith, with medical advice. And I will stand up for that right.