Marlo Thomas Quotes

Men should think twice before making widow hood woman's only path to power.

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

The women of the country have the power in their own hands, in spite of the law and the government being altogether of the male order.

We don't think only men can be powerful and strong. Behind the heads of the Mafia, the leaders of culture, there are always very strong women. European culture is a matriarchy, especially in the south. The women have a lot of power.

'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.

Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery.

The veil is the mask of Egyptian women in a power struggle against the dictatorship of men…. The veil gives women more power in a man’s world.

We are, as a sex, infinitely superior to men, and if we were free and developed, healthy in body and mind, as we should be under natural conditions, our motherhood would be our glory. That function gives women such wisdom and power as no male can possess.

Women who can, do. Those who can't become feminists.

Women are very powerful! That's why I believe in women's rights and why I fight for it.

Women rule our lives, don't they?

The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.

Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative connotation.

Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women.

The test of civilization is its estimate of women.

Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world.

Our daughters were coming of age during a rising consciousness about gender equality. Throughout their school years - from kindergarten through graduate school, 1972 to 1992 - women were starting to take their places in areas traditionally reserved mostly for men.

Women tend to be conservative in youth and get more radical as they get older because they lose power with age. So if a young woman is not a feminist, I say, 'Just wait.'

Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.

Stewardesses were a joke to many of us coming of age in the liberated Sixties. They were no joke in the women's movement that liberated us, however.

It's a little bit late in the day for men to object that women are getting outside their proper sphere.

My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do.