Felix Frankfurter Quotes

The paramount question of the day is not political, is not religious, but is economic. The crying-out demand of today is for a circle of principles that shall forever make it impossible for one man to control another by controlling the means of his existence.

Financial independence is paramount. My mom always says that when a woman is financially independent, she has the ability to live life on her own terms. I think that was the soundest advice that I ever got. No matter where you go in life or who you get married to, you have to be financially independent - whether you use it or not.

When women can support themselves, have entry to all the trades and professions, with a house of their own over their heads and a bank account, they will own their bodies and be dictators in the social realm.

A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.

I'm for economic independence.

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet.

You can easily rebuild wealth, but you cannot create liberty when it has gone.

The economy is at the service of man, not the other way around.

The power of earning is essential to the dignity of a woman

Until economic freedom is attained for everybody, there can be no real freedom for anybody.

The only dependable foundation of personal liberty is the personal economic security of private property.

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race, economic independence.

Wealth may not necessarily be the decisive element in the progress of women, but it does create the conditions for further emancipation and equality.

There is the freedom from want, despair and psychological insecurity that would come from having income sufficient to provide the necessities of life. But there is also the freedom to choose not to work for a time in order to take care of family members, pursue a passion, acquire education or contribute to a worthwhile community project. There is the freedom to start a new business with an uncertain future, the freedom to say yes to a job that pays little but yields joy and satisfaction — and the freedom to say no to a job that pays too little or is demeaning and unpleasant. Why, they ask, should such freedoms be reserved only for the wealthy?

If a woman is financially independent, she can definitely make a bigger contribution in making big decisions and contribute much more. If a woman is financially independent, she can pursue her interests, too.

Every woman needs a private pin money stash. That is her own personal stash of cash to do with whatever she wants. It gives a woman freedom even if she doesn't spend it - especially if she doesn't spend it.

It's nice for a woman to go out and have her own money and her own ability to do what she wants.

I think it's important for every woman to have her own money and be independent.

Growing up, I dreamt of being economically independent because I always believed women should be so.

My mother insists women must have financial independence, which is why I completed my degree in medicine.

As a woman you are better off in life earning your own money. You couldn't prevent your husband from leaving you or taking another wife, but you could have some of your dignity if you didn't have to beg him for financial support.

Woman's ability to earn money is better protection against the tyranny and brutality of men than her ability to vote.

When people gain income, they gain choice, and that is fundamental to dignity.

It's our money, and we're free to spend it any way we please.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.