Women in Politics Quotes

The appointment of a woman to office is an innovation for which the public is not prepared, nor am I.

I'm really excited about the prospect of a woman president of the United States.

A woman running for President. There is not a thing in the Constitution to prohibit it. I cannot vote but I can be voted for.

Anything is possible for women, including being a presidential nominee.

I'm very proud that a woman, has finally been chosen as a candidate for the president of the United States, because I always felt women should be treated like first-class citizens.

You can't snap your fingers, and suddenly half of Congress is women.

America isn't ready for President Hillary Clinton. It should never be.

An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Women's Affairs. Man, who'd she have to show here ankles to to get that job?

Most men that run for office wake up in the morning and say, I am worthy to be the president of the United States of America. I want women to channel their inner man and say, Oh yeah, I am worthy.

I'm proud to support Secretary Clinton.

Far be it for me to encourage women to vote, or take an active part in politics in the present state of our government. Her right to the elective franchise, however, is the same, and should be yielded to her, whether she exercise that right or not.

Female politicos mostly represent a rather militant faction.

The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.

I will be a president in a skirt, but I will wear the pants.

For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.

Hillary Clinton is such a formidable candidate.

I generally think that Hillary Clinton is a good egg and a good politician.

I had run other people's campaigns. I had been doing political activities for a decade before I ever ran for office myself. That is so much the experience of women of my generation. We always feel as though we have to bring so much more to the table, and that never stops the guys.

Women have cleaned up things since time began, and if women get into politics there will be a cleanup.

I will not allow my experience to scare off other young women or girls from running for office. For the sake of all of us we cannot let that happen.

When I first started working in politics, as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, it never occurred to me that I would one day work in the White House. There were plenty of women among the volunteers who stuffed envelopes and walked precincts. But there were fewer and fewer on each successive level of influence and access.

The reason that minorities and women don't have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected.

I do not believe that being First Lady should prevent me from expressing my views.

But research confirms that both Republican and Democratic women are more likely than their male counterparts to initiate and fight for bills that champion social justice, protect the environment, advocate for families, and promote nonviolent conflict resolution.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck could run for vice president.