Julie Andrews Quotes

If you ask me what I believe in today, I believe in feminism. I believe that all human beings are equal. I believe that no one has the right to authority over anyone else. Feminism has to do with everything in the world, a vision of how the world can be. I have great doubts about Utopias, but I just keep on thinking there is a better way to live than the way we live now.

The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights

Well, I think I’m a feminist, just by the virtue of the fact that I believe in equal rights for everyone.

It is quite time that we [women] had our own party, our own platform, and our own nominees. We shall never have equal rights until we take them.

Being a feminist means asking for equality. But people take it the other way at times. It is looked down upon is because it is seen as man-hating. But, feminism is a really crazy idea that suggests men and women are equal.

If you're fighting to limit other women's rights, then you can't really call yourself a feminist.

Feminism is just like HIV awareness: It's not something we don't need anymore, it's something that is just as important as it was a few decades ago. It is a very important fight.

How did it come to be that you think men and women are the same? Well, there's a simple answer to the question: Feminism.

There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights men have on this green earth.

Well, it's hard for a mere man to believe that woman doesn't have equal rights.

The idea of being a feminist-so many women have come to this idea of it being anti-male and not able to connect with the opposite sex-but what feminism is about is equality and human rights. For me that is just an essential part of my identity. I hope [Girls] contributes to a continuance of feminist dialogue

A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.

The goals of the feminist movement have not been achieved, and those who claim we're living in a post-feminist era are either sadly mistaken or tired of thinking about the whole subject.

What I often say to people who are quick to say I’m not a feminist is if you think you’re not a feminist, give it all back.

All men should be feminists. If men cared about women's rights, the world would be a better place

Misogyny is ingrained in people from the time they are born. So to me, feminism is probably the most important movement that you could embrace, because it's just basically another word for equality.

I always go with the dictionary definition of feminism, which is just social, political and economic equality for women. And that's kind of a strategic thing on my part, because I think that it's the hardest definition to argue with. You know, who doesn't want that? Everyone wants equality for women.

I realized that women are still not seen as equal to men. We had a big wave of feminism just before my generation was born. We're still sitting on this wave. There are very militant people and very aggressive women at the top of that wave but I think we have a new version of it now.

We have come far, but there is an ongoing battle to be fought. Many of the issues the Suffragettes were dealing with are still issues today across the globe: equal pay, parental rights, sexual abuse, etc.

You can't be a woman and not be a feminist, I don't think. If you care about the world and the world you exist in and your rights.

Women have the same privileges and opportunities as men, given the New Testament. Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.

I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality.

I feel like a feminist is gender equality.

The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people.

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.