Quotes About Progress

I want a woman president - really, I do.

So people are talking about revolution. What a revolution it would be to have a woman president.

It is good to see women doctors and lawyers and executives. I can visualize a woman president. If I were British, I would have supported Margaret Thatcher. But no benefit to anyone can come from women serving in combat.

If Hillary's the first woman president, well, in England we already know what a Margaret Thatcher is. It's not an end unto itself to be the first woman president.

If we can't have comedy books written about aspects of womanhood without going into a panic attack about it, then we haven't got very far at being equal.

There are many events in the womb of time, which will be delivered.

The way things have changed. The pictures in the womb they have now. They're just amazing. They're just like a snapshot of a person.

Girls are womb of humanity, nucleus of the family and are supposed to become fully participant citizens in our own countries.

People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do.

The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady and the other was to be independent, and the law was something most unusual for those times because for most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A. but your M.R.S.

Women like myself, CEOs, can pave the way for more women to get to the top.

And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go.

I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.

The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count.

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.

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

I'm not particularly a feminist, but if you get women off the animal cycle of reproduction and give them some say in how many children they'll have, immediately the floor will rise.

Success doesn't come overnight, especially for women.

When President Obama entered the White House, the economy was in a free-fall. The auto industry: on its back. The banks: frozen up. More than three million Americans had already lost their jobs. And America's bravest, our men and women in uniform, were fighting what would soon be the longest wars in our history.

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

Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always become readily entangled.

The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.