Madeleine Albright Quotes

I do think that more people are feminists than they realize.

I’m very feminist in the way I look at the world, and that worldview must somehow be part of my work.

It's difficult to exist as a woman, especially I think as a powerful woman. You want to stand strong and you want to be considered and equal.

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.

I think the way we look upon gender is that we're realizing that we're not that different, which is a good thing. The United States needs to come further with that. In the Scandinavian countries, we've come further when it comes to gender politics and how we look upon gender and how women are treated in general.

I guess I am a feminist of sorts. I love women so much, and I celebrate the feminine in me because I appreciate it so much.

I realized that calling yourself a feminist or not calling yourself a feminist, just by being in a band of all girls, it's all you talk about.

We must not allow ourselves to be deflected by the feminists who are anxious to force us to regard the two sexes as completely equal in position and worth.

I think people have to understand that 'empowering' for women doesn't mean negating men.

I'm a feminist.

My mom brought me up to be a feminist. She would always point out to my brother and me that our culture does often portray women like objects...

I was always a feminist, for I liked intellectual revolt as much as I disliked physical violence. On the whole, I think women havelost something precious, but have gained, immeasurably, by the passing of the old order.

I am a bad feminist and a good woman. I am trying to become better in how I think and say and do - without abandoning what makes me human.

All women are feminists, whether they know it or not.

People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong.

On Girls I like being a mouthpiece for the issues I think young females face today. It’s always shocking when people question whether it’s a feminist show. How could a show about women exploring women not be? Feminism isn’t a dirty word. It’s not like we’re a deranged group who think women should take over the planet, raise our young on our own and eliminate men from the picture. Feminism is about women having all the rights that men have.

It is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights.

I would much rather be the obnoxious feminist girl than be complicit in my own dehumanization.

There's this idea like feminism is humorless and humorless in a way that's like a whistleblower. Like you're going to - you're going to make sure that nobody has any fun. And that's not true at all. I think feminism allows me to do what I do, and I'm so grateful to the idea of it and grateful to all the women that came before.

I believe strongly in the rights of women... my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter is a woman, my wife is a woman.

I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central.

I just got asked by another journalist 'Are you a feminist?' and I was just like... Is there a strange thing at the moment where you have to come out as a feminist? I've been asked if I'm a feminist so many times recently, and I'm just like 'Yes, yes, for God's sake, yes! Is there something that I give off that says I'm not?'

Women are feminist by default.

Three-dimensional, complex women get an audience engaged as much as the men. I’m a feminist in the true sense of the word. It’s about equality.

You know, I've always considered women to be people.