Eric Schneiderman Quotes

I ask no favors for my sex. I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is, that they will take their feet from off our necks, and permit us to stand upright on that ground which God designed us to occupy.

I mean that I consider myself a feminist. I think anybody who thinks women and men should be treated equally is a feminist, whether or not they know it.

The Equal Rights Amendment is a necessity of life…

Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve.

I would definitely say I'm a feminist. To me, it just means being attentive and mindful. It's about equality and equal treatment. It feels like a gut instinct.

I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality.

I feel like a feminist is gender equality.

The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people.

I consider myself a feminist because I believe women should have equal rights. Of course. It's just that the term 'feminism' conjures up other things for people.

I would hope everyone would be a feminist.

Women are born, living their lives, and dying without the justice which they have been waiting for since the time of the caveman.

Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

I thought that we would wake up this morning and have the same rights as our husbands, grandsons and garbage men—but we are still begging to be let into our country's Constitution.

… no civilization can be perfect until exact equality between man and woman is included.

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.

Women's rights are human rights.

A feminist is a person who believes in the power of women just as much as they believe in the power of anyone else. It's equality, it's fairness, and I think it's a great thing to be a part of.

'The Handmaid's Tale' is a human story, and women's rights are human rights, and it's all about equality, but at the end of the day, it's not equal.

If you're a progressive, you really should be a feminist because it's about equality, it's about respect, it's about making the best of the world that we have.

I'm proud to be a feminist because making sure that everyone understands we all have a role in fighting for equality is the only way to move forward.

I believe that all men and women are created equal, but it took our country until 1920 to acknowledge this for women. And then it took until 1964, the year before I was born, to outlaw discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. And same-sex marriage became the law of the land in 2015.

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

I am a feminist. And I don't think of that as being anti-men, I think about it as equal rights for women.

Feminism is the best movement that's happened in the 21st century, and it benefits everyone.

It's only that we live in a patriarchal society, and therefore, the word 'feminism' has to be used as a counter to patriarchy. But feminism is about being equal. The word used should be 'equalist,' as it is about all humans being equal and respecting each other for that.