Geraldine Ferraro Quotes

The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul.

The rights of women are to the 21st century what civil rights were to the 20th.

We are justified in believing that the success of this movement for equality of the sexes means more progress toward equality of the races.

Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights... We have to recognize that we have a long way to go, but we have to go that way together.

I'm not trying to get power over white. I'm involved in a freedom struggle. Not a power struggle.

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

I believe all men, all women, regardless of race, gender, socioeconomic background, you deserve the same rights.

Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can stand behind - it confuses me. I think it's a really great word.

Feminism is not just about women; it's about letting all people lead fuller lives.

The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I think it's about time that we extend that to all Americans, whether straight, gay, purple, green, black, brown.

The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.

First and foremost, I'm a feminist. And basically that stems from a strong belief that all people and creatures deserve equal opportunity, rights and respect.

In the women's movement, women needed men to stand up and say, 'This isn't right.' In the civil rights of the '60s, it took people of all color to demand equal rights.

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

The recognition of rights for women and minorities became a large part of my understanding of what this country is all about.

I would hope everyone would be a feminist.

Right is of no sex – Truth is of no color.

The Equal Rights Amendment is a necessity of life…

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

… the right to an abortion is society’s down payment on all the rights we [women] are yet due.

The Time's Up campaign is for everyone, in all capacities, contributions big and small.

Gender equality is not only an issue for women and girls.

I'm happy to say I'm a feminist. Being a feminist is just believing in equal rights. Man, woman, gay, straight, black, white - we're all in it together.

I'm just all for equal rights and stuff like that, but I'm not like one of those 'Yay empowerment' type of people.

I can only speak for myself and what feminism means to me, and that is equality for every human being: equal rights, equal representation, equal pay, etc.