Claudia Cardinale Quotes

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

If you're fighting to limit other women's rights, then you can't really call yourself a feminist.

Women had always fought for men, and for their children. Now they were ready to fight for their own human rights. Our militant movement was established.

I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.

I realize now that I was a feminist and the minute I heard the word I certainly knew it meant me, but at that time I don't think we had the label yet. But there's no doubt about it that I was born a feminist.

I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement.

Women's value has been under-recognized for far too long.

If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. '

I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn't have to choose. And I believe that's always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.

All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.

As Indians, we take great pride in the fact that we are a progressive nation. We are proud of our democracy, our secular values as well as our entrepreneurial spirit. We are appalled by the harsh laws that govern women's lives in Taliban-dominated lands. Yet we turn a blind eye to the injustices that our own society continues to heap upon women.

I do wear a lot of hats, and sometimes people get confused with all that I do, but one thing that I am extraordinarily passionate about is furthering women's rights. I think it's something that's incredibly important, not just for girls everywhere but also boys to get involved in.

Feminism justified female 'victim power' by convincing the world that we lived in a sexist, male-dominated, and patriarchal world.

The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.

I deplore the shying away that can go on, within women, from the term 'feminist.' I am, absolutely, all about being a feminist.

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.

To be a feminist is to be alive.

Eve Ensler is a hero of mine. She's been working for the rights of women for a long time.

I was raised by a hardcore feminist.

Women have not had their rights come easily.

As the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of women.

Women’s rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about “us”; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.

Yes, I'm a suffragist.

Throughout my career I have been an advocate for women, in all aspects of their lives.