Marina and the Diamonds Quotes

I have always thought of myself as someone for equal rights. I don't mind being called a feminist, and I get really upset when female celebrities resist the title as if it's a bad thing, because it's a very good thing.

To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently.

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 think we've come a long way with women's rights, but we've got a long way to go.

We need to stop refighting 40-year old battles on women's rights.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

I think we should all call ourselves feminists.

I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.

I was a high-school teacher. I am a strong advocate for women's rights, and I'm not a woman.

I want my books to force readers to recognise the fact that a woman is a human being just like them.

The Republicans here in Concord and down in Washington D.C. would have us believe that the War on Women is a phony war. Michele Bachmann and Fox News would have us believe that the whole thing is 'political fiction.'

I support anything that broadens the message of gender equality and tempers the stigma of the feminist label. We run into trouble, though, when we celebrate celebrity feminism while avoiding the actual work of feminism.

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

I know a lot of the work that paved the way for women happened before I was around... I was never that feminist girl demanding equality, but maybe that's because I've never really faced inequality.

I deplore the shying away that can go on, within women, from the term 'feminist.' I am, absolutely, all about being a feminist.

I try my hardest to push the point that I am a feminist.

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 do consider myself a feminist, yeah. Totally.

My mom worked tirelessly on getting equal rights for women.

Women must enjoy equal rights with men. The remaining shackles that hamper their freedom must be removed so that they can participate constructively and profoundly in shaping the life of the country.

Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

The Equal Rights Amendment is a necessity of life…

We [women] seek equality. We don't seek sameness.

I'lI say this: I recall entering Congress in 1971 and being called a 'feminist' by members of my own party as if it was a dirty word. They didn't realize that I wore that label as a badge of honor.