Janet Reno Quotes

There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all.

Women must become more conscious of themselves as women and of their ability to function as a group. At the same time they must try to wipe from men’s consciousness the need to consider them as a group or as women in their everyday activities, especially as workers in industry or the professions.

Everyone has to learn how to live in an environment that has not made it easy for women to claim their place, so I think it's all women's responsibility to step forward.

I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.

Women have talent and intelligence but, due to social constraints and prejudices, it is still a long distance away from the goal of gender equality.

We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage.

I don't know why it's still a taboo to be a feminist.

I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.

Women's issues have always been a part of my life.

Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal.

We are still living with a double standard. I know it. Every woman I know knows it, whether you're in the media as a woman, or you're in the professions or business or politics.

I have come far, but not far enough. It is still a man's world.

Every now and then I am reminded that even though the need for being a feminist is gradually disappearing in this country, we haven't quite reached the millennium.

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women. We reproach the sex every day with folly and impertinence; while I am confident, had they the advantages of education equal to us, they would be guilty of less than ourselves.

We still have not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling.

There is no denying that we have made great progress toward gender equality.

I am an anomaly in my country. I hope, in the coming years, there will be more women like me.

I just enjoy seeing people break through those ceilings when people press them down and say, 'He can't do this or that.' It's always fun to document those types of stories when someone breaks through.

We need to put an end to discrimination against women, and the power to bring about this change lies in our hands.

I did notice growing up that there are so many things, obstacles and things, that people think you can't do because you're Muslim or because you're wearing a hijab. You hear a lot of no's. That was something that I wanted to see change.

I want barriers to be broken down for women.

Young girls in Haryana should speak their mind and not be afraid to challenge the system.

I'm definitely a feminist.

I never considered myself less worthy than a man in football. Never. Never, never, never.

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.