Leland Stanford Quotes

At Manchester City, the women are not second-class citizens in any regard. We are treated exactly the same way - it's a level playing field.

We need to create a society where girls and women are getting the same encouragement and support to build their careers as the boys and men are. From the start.

Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of any international event.

In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.

When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last!

We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down. We would have every path laid open to Woman as freely as to Man.

Never, till woman stands side by side with man, his equal in the eye of the law as well as the Creator, will the high destiny of the race be accomplished.

Back in the States, women play flag football, but they have the same opportunities as the guys do.

We know that society is better - more prosperous, more stable, more peaceful, more cohesive - when women's rights are respected and when women are valued, empowered, and lead the way in our communities.

As the father of two daughters, the ongoing struggle for women's equality is very personal for me. That's why it has been an honor during my time in Congress to support women's rights by advocating for reproductive rights, equal pay, access to paid maternity leave and quality child care.

I believe men and women should be afforded the same opportunities.

Feminism is not about girl power. It is about equal power.

We've certainly always been a feminist party, with strong feminist principles.

Oh, I definitely feel that women are equal to men. No doubt about that.

Empowering women isn’t just the right thing to do - it’s the smart thing to do.

A democracy depends on the full integration of women into society, especially on seeing to it that they have equal access to the same tools of opportunity as men.

The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.

We need to make equal pay and equal opportunity for women and girls a reality so women's rights are human rights once and for all.

Being a mother is no longer a liability, and being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition!

As a result of Title IX, and a new generation of parents who want their daughters to have the opportunities they never had, women's sports have arrived.

I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality.

The solution to women's issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic society in which human energy is liberated, the energy of both women and men together. Our civilization is called human civilization and is not attributed only to men or women.

To me, feminism is such a simple description: it's equal rights, economic rights, political rights, and social rights.

I would chance saying globally there is a feeling that female empowerment has, at last, become a topic that is fashionable, and more power to that.

I look forward to the day when half our homes are run by men and half our companies and institutions are run by women. When that happens, it won't just mean happier women and families; it will mean more successful businesses and better lives for us all.