Susan B. Anthony Quotes

Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession.

I don't need to be married to Georgia O'Keeffe or Lillian Hellman, but I like being with a woman I can look up to.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. ;, Don't walk behind me I may not lead. ;, Walk beside me, and just be my friend.

The wonderful thing about my husband is that we are very good at being independent.

One of the things I have always said about the man-woman relationship is that I don't want anybody to walk ahead of me, and I don't want anybody to walk behind me. I want a man who will walk along beside me. And that's how I feel about equal rights.

Our partnership has been built on four pillars The first pillar is peace. The second pillar is freedom. The third pillar is respect. The fourth pillar is cooperation.

I was not raised to be someone's wife. I was raised so that things should be evenly distributed.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.

I enjoy being given a certain amount of freedom in order to interpret or to come up with stuff, but I do enjoy collaboration. I seek and thrive on projects where I am going to learn from the people I'm working with.

I want a man in my life, not in my house.

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

Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to go.

My wife needs her freedom just like me.

Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

The woman's cause is man's; they rise or sink. Together, dwarfed or godlike, bond or free.

Women today have the keys to the doors which have been barred against them and they will open them without asking consent.

This is a Senate of equals, of men of individual honor and personal character, and of absolute independence. We know no masters, we acknowledge no dictators. This is a hall for mutual consultation and discussion; not an arena for the exhibition of champions.

Women will take their places beside men as partners, unafraid, useful, successful, and free

The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence.

… 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.

I don't like collaborating too much.

Women feel empowered when they can do the things that are supposed to be only for men, you know? It breaks boundaries, it's liberating, and it's empowering when you feel like, 'Well, I can do that, too.'