Patricia Schroeder Quotes

It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.

A woman's place is in the house - the House of Representatives.

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.

The position of women in SNCC is prone!

Women like me aren't supposed to run for office.

Women have learned to flex their political muscles. You got to flex that muscle to get what you want.

I've been for women's empowerment my entire life.

Thanks to advancements in gender equality, you now have salty women like me who not only follow politics but also share their opinions on the daily.

Decisions just look different with women at the table. We still have a long way to go. The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

When I became the first woman to represent the state of Texas in the United State Senate, it was with the help of a lot of women - and a large number of men, too.

I'm a pragmatist. I think, as a woman, you have to be more careful. You have to be more communal, you have to say yes to more things than men, you have to worry about things that men don't have to worry about. But once we get enough women into leadership, we can break stereotypes down. If you lead, you get to decide.

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

The voices of women need to be heard. The volume needs to be turned up.

I want to empower women.

Politics is a potent way to empower women.

The serious problems facing the world... will only be solved if women have a seat at the table and are listened to as to what is required. These issues will never be solved until women are able to use their full potential on behalf of themselves, their families and their global and local communities.

There are not many roles where women are really active.

When Mitt Romney talks about women, when he says he believes that we can do any job a man can do, I know from experience that he's speaking from the heart.

All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.

When I joined Bill Clinton's start-up presidential campaign in 1991, I was confident that women would play an ever more important role, but I never gave a minute's thought to what would happen if we won. When we did - and I became the first woman to serve as White House press secretary - it changed my life. But it didn't change the world.

Barbara Castle was a hero to millions of British women. She inspired a new generation of women to become active in Labour politics, including, of course Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman.

Barbara Castle should have been Labour's - and Britain's - first female prime minister. What a role model she would have been: passionate, fiery, and absolutely committed to social justice.

I think women are used to stepping up and getting the job done when you need to.

Women, nowhere in the world, have the kind of important position in society in the amount that they ought to have.

No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men.