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The liberation of women is above all based on their capacity to think their own problems through and to link them to the total progress of the society and the world in which they live, to their capacity to develop a political and cultural consciousness. ~Nawal El Saadawi
Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope. ~Corazon Aquino
The privilege of a higher education, especially outside Africa, broadened my original horizon and encouraged me to focus on the environment, women and development in order to improve the quality of life of people in my country in particular and in the African region in general. ~Wangari Maathai
Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many. ~Maggie Kuhn
Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul. ~Coretta Scott King
If it is true that men are better than women because they are stronger, why aren't our sumo wrestlers in the government? ~Kishida Toshiko
The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness. ~Therese of Lisieux
For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women. ~Elizabeth Blackwell
...I want to say to every Negro woman present, don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them! ~Madam C.J. Walker
Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable. ~Grace Slick
I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it? ~Joan Baez
Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable. ~Janis Joplin
Everything I've learned in life I've learned either by doing it or by watching the changes other people go through. ~Cass Elliot
This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms. ~Joni Mitchell
When I was a teenager, I dreamed about escaping. I was lucky. I succeeded. ~Laurie Anderson
Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary. ~Margaret Cho
