Amanda de Cadenet Quotes

I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women.

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 am a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. I am a friend of women and I am their advocate.

I am always on the women's side.

Since I was 15 years old I have dedicated my life to serving women.

I believe I'm a real champion for women.

I want to empower women.

For women, we intend to do something in a noble and missionary spirit... We mean to appeal to their intellects... and we hereby announce ourselves as determined and bigoted feminists.

It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.

Feminism means something - legislation, cultural change - but 'Girl Power' meant nothing more than being friends with your friends.

Equality for women is progress for all.

Women have had the vote for over forty years and their organizations lobby in Washington for all sorts of causes; why, why, why don't they take up their own causes and obvious needs?

For me, being a woman suits what I want to talk about and what my audience wants to hear. Maybe I'm a dying breed.

I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly.

I'm a feminist. God, yes! A bra-burning, building-burning feminist.

I think that all women, unless they are absolutely asleep, must be feminists up to a point.

My entire mission in life is to help women take over the world. Not by force (the route so many men have taken since the beginning of time), but with compassion, perseverance, and love.

I work for women. I only think for them. If I didn't like women, I wouldn't do this job.

Women on television are not a fad; we are not a trend - we are a reality!

From Mozambique to Chad, South Africa and Liberia, Sierra Leone to Burkina Faso, feminism is the buzzword for a generation of women determined to change the course of the future for themselves and their families.

There are so many women out there relying on me to represent them.

I've been a staunch advocate of women's empowerment, and I've worked hard throughout my career to advance the cause. It is heartening to see that gender equality is really becoming more of a reality. There is still much more to be done, and I'm confident that, by working together, we can empower women worldwide.

Our mothers' generation fought so hard to change things and we're the first generation to benefit. And now you get girls in their twenties who say they're not feminists.

For me, getting off the sidelines means women making a difference by letting their voices be heard on the issues they care about.