“I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less.”
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“There's no evidence whatsoever that men are more rational than women. Both sexes seem to be equally irrational.”
“If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.”
“Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens.”
“Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways to children not just in the words they say, but in the lives they lead.”
“If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they're killing each other now. Young black men would not be impregnating young black women at the rate going on now. We'd not have the drugs we have now, or the alcoholism.”
“When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.”
“Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.”
“I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?”
“What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences.”
“Most of us women like men, you know it's just that we find them a constant disappointment.”
“If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn't it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long?”
“The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ.”
“The latest research has revealed that women have a higher IQ than men.”
“Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.”
“Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.”
“Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.”
“All soldiers who serve their country and put their lives at risk need to know that if something happens to them, their families will be well taken care of. That's the bond we have with our military men and women and their families.”
“I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.”
“If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship, the foundation must be laid in youth.”
“I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing men's clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am.”
“The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.”
“Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation.”
“If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.”