Naveen Patnaik Quotes

So I hope women will consider a life in politics. We need women, you see. We need them.

Women have to do a lot of things. That's why I think Ms. Hillary is going to be an awesome president.

At EMILY's List, we're in the business of expanding the political power of women.

Women in politics are the hope of American politics. They are either going to break the control of the bosses or put the political parties out of business.

Many women in politics say they had very few, if any, female role models.

I would love for there to be a female president.

Thinking I'd be in politics just wasn't something I'd thought of as a younger woman. There just weren't a lot of role models there.

Do I want more women elected to Parliament? Absolutely. I devote significant amounts of time to getting more women in that situation.

Well, I think women across Australia, particularly, are a bit fed up with this constant attack and belittling of women in politics, and particularly the role of a female as a prime minister.

I think having Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House is going to send a very wonderful lesson to the American public that women can be strong, they can be tough, they can be effective, and they can lead this country as political leaders.

You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders.

After over 200 years, not even a fifth of Congress is women.

Cynicism lost and hope won. For the first time, the government of Quebec will be led by a woman.

The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities, through legislation and other means, and to increase women's representation in politics, which has led to recent increases in the number of female politicians.

Women are as much politicians as men, and I hope that more and more women will enter public life through politics, as this would not only increase participation of women in public life but also have a salutary effect for the amelioration of women's status in India.

I will be the first woman president of Mexico in history.

In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly.

I am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first time that people came to terms with the reality of what it meant to have a Senate made up of 98 men and two women.

Massoumeh Ebtekar is the highest-ranking woman in Iran's government, a symbol of President Mohammed Khatami's promise to promote women into high-profile positions.

I don't think that a woman in politics exists or thrives on her own.

It is Republicans that have led the fight for women's equality. Go back through history and look at who was the first woman to ever vote, elected to office, go to Congress.

You don't only have the need to do it well because leading a country is something quite important, but also because I am the first woman I have the obligation to do it the best possible way so my country can continue voting for women in the future. It is a big responsibility.

Congresswomen are congresswomen - you are, sorry. And for women who want to be congressmen, there's a screw loose in their head. I'm proud of being a woman. I think 'congresswoman' is the appropriate term, and 'Madame chair' is just fine with me.

Republican women bring an important voice to the table.

And because of President Obama, more women than ever are serving in the Cabinet and on the Supreme Court.