Women's rights Quotes

"The only chance women have for justice in this country is to violate the law, as I have done, and to take their trial in court" "You know, it's a very sexist society, Indonesia." "Without fear, women can pursue professional success and personal fulfillment—and freely choose one, or the other, or both." "As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." "I am a woman and my identity is not wrapped up in my looks." "No woman should be told she can't make her own decisions about her body." "If we do not lift up women and families, everyone will fall short." "I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century" "You know all men and women are created equal. End of quote. We’ve never lived up to it. Jefferson never lived up to it, he held slaves. Women were excluded" "In the public eye, girls and women with strong perspectives are hated" "I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it." "The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself." "I think women want freedom. They want to be empowered. They want hope. They want love." "I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." "Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance"