Bella Abzug

I view myself as being the average woman.

The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart.

It’s work having a vagina. Guys don’t think that it’s work but it is. You think it shows up like that to the event? It doesn’t. Every night it’s like getting it ready for its first Quinceanera, believe me.

All men should be feminists. If men care about women’s rights, the world will be a better place.

I feel there are certain people who are systematically ripping (feminism) down because of their lack of regard and their ignorance about what the women before us had to go through.

We won’t unlock opportunities for young women and girls unless we can change the mindset of every family and community. To achieve this, it cannot just be women who speak up for girls.

A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.

I wish that girls could fail as bad as men do and be okay.

A feminist is a person who believes in the power of women just as much as they believe in the power of anyone else. It’s equality, it’s fairness, and I think it’s a great thing to be a part of.

We have become the men we wanted to marry.

I’m trying to do my part as a citizen. My part as a Hispanic. My part as a woman. As an American. I enjoy it. I think everybody should be civically engaged in a level that will affect policy. That’s the point. That how our government is set up.

We are a gorgeous, infinite circle of women all shades, all styles, in all the ways we were made. Inside of us everything blooms.

A strong woman looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink.

Only a woman can breathe under the water of life defying gravity and staying zen while doing it.

I wouldn’t say I’m a feminist. I think that would be, maybe, going too far.