Betty Ford Quotes

… in an age when human rights are preached loudly from the rooftops, women had to be accepted as equals and allowed to think and act in their own interests and by their own efforts.

What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy, and smug they might be.

Why are we not valuing the word 'feminism' when there is so much work to be done in terms of empowerment and emancipation of women everywhere?

Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.

I pray that in the future, no one knows the meaning of women empowerment because we don't need these words.

I'm an independent woman and a feminist.

I think we should all call ourselves feminists.

I would love for people to know that the label 'feminist' is something that everyone should wear proudly, because it just means that you support women.

I think feminism means what it has always meant - women want to use all their gifts, all their talents and be judged impartially for them. I don't think feminism has ever meant anything else.

Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.

I'm a feminist, yes! Very strongly.

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 have never been ashamed of calling myself a feminist, and I believe passionately in women's rights.

I would hope everyone would be a feminist.

There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation of free women.

Women’s rights are human rights.

You may hiss as much as you please, but women will get their rights anyway. You can’t stop us, neither

Women's rights are human rights.

I think if we get freedom for women, then they are probably going to do a lot of things that I wish they wouldn't do. But it seems to me that isn't our business to say what they should do with it. It is our business to see that they get it.

I try to be free. The women also must be free.

I think we've come a long way with women's rights, but we've got a long way to go.

I'm definitely a feminist.

We as men, need to give the Indian women all the strength that she needs, rightfully asking to be able to walk with head held high.

It is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights.

If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, it is that human rights are women's rights — and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely — and the right to be heard.