Harriet Harman Quotes

I'm grateful for the ascendancy of women in business and politics, which may yet advance the humanity of those callings.

I am encouraged to see women are being elected in Chile, Argentina, Liberia, Ireland. More is more.

…if civilization is to advance at all in the future, it must be through the help of women, women freed of their political shackles, women with full power to work their will in society.

A few British suffragettes everybody laughed at started the cause of equality between men and women.

Women leading big corporations or assuming various important social and political roles is still considered newsworthy, which clearly shows the need to further support and enhance the role of women in society.

Equality for women is progress for all.

And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.

No nation can ever be worthy of its existence that cannot take its women along with the men. No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men. 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

In 'Lean In,' Sheryl Sandberg gives a frank assessment of what it will take for women to move forward as equals to men. Her book is full of sound advice and informed recommendations and marked by its positive outlook.

We're not seeing enough women rising to the top.

Women are no longer victims. They have become leaders. They are at the forefront of the demonstrations. We will share a role in all aspects of life, side by side with men.

It would be a disaster to have Sarah Palin or Carly Fiorina in the White House, so it's not just a woman, but a woman who stands for the majority needs of women. It's not just getting a job for one woman, it's making life better for all women.

We need female advocates. I'd love to live in a world where there are as many women in parliament as men.

We need to create a society where girls and women are getting the same encouragement and support to build their careers as the boys and men are. From the start.

Especially in this industry, women challenge men much more now because we're saying, 'We can do it, too.'

There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it.

I think nowadays, women are breaking the borders or the boundaries and also trying to give a new interpretation in terms of impact you can have to the society.

My hope in writing 'Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead' was to change the conversation from what women can't do to what we can.

When women succeed, America succeeds.

We must tell girls their voices are important.

Women are in positions of power the most radical of activists could only dream of in 1960.

We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.

The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities, through legislation and other means, and to increase women's representation in politics, which has led to recent increases in the number of female politicians.

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

Gender equality cannot be achieved by cutting programs that allow girls to get the same chance to compete, learn, and play. The United States has had a solid history of commitment to its female athletes and expanding opportunity for women, and it is imperative that we continue on this path.