Peter Paige Quotes

Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.

It takes one brave woman to implement change and for other women to be able to follow that.

Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.

You may hiss as much as you please, but women will get their rights anyway. You can’t stop us, neither

I am a woman. I definitely have a woman's perspective. I'm also a mother, and I think, because of that, I feel responsible to try and make a difference.

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

Billie Jean King always was there for me as a role model. She always fought for equality, and that always stood out as I was coming up.

I'm definitely a feminist.

It can't be articulated enough, that feminism means the desire to have equality between men and women. I believe that, and I act on those beliefs by going to marches and making a difference where I can.

You know, my father was a great encouragement for me because he spoke out for women's rights, he spoke out for girl's education. And at that time I said that why should I wait for someone else, why should I be looking to the government, to the army that they would help us? Why don't I raise my voice, why don't we speak up for our rights?

Women often find great roles in revolution, simply because the rules fall apart and everyone has agency, anyone can act.

I'm really inspired by playing strong women. Anything that I can be a part of like that, to be a role model for young women.

Women are in positions of power the most radical of activists could only dream of in 1960.

For me, personally, it has been humbling since I became First Minister to speak to women and girls and have them tell me how much it means to them to have a woman in the top job in politics in Scotland.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.

I totally agree with equal rights and women's causes, and most of my songs are woman-power, but I don't want to be labelled at 20 years old.

I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.'

Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.

I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue.

I'm all for having an empowered first lady who can really use that position to improve conditions, be a role model and make change.

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

In Vermont, Governor Madeleine Kunin has given years of service to our state after becoming the state's first female governor in 1985. She is an inspiration to girls throughout Vermont and the country in allowing them to know that the opportunities they have are unlimited.

Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.

Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the victory would be won in a single week.