Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.
Alice PaulRead
Unless women are prepared to fight politically they must be content to be ignored politically.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Women must actively engage in politics to gain recognition and influence.
Alice Paul's quote emphasizes the importance of political engagement for women. It suggests that without a concerted effort to advocate for their rights and interests within the political sphere, women risk being overlooked and marginalized in societal decision-making processes.
Themes
WomenPoliticsEngagementRightsAdvocacy
In practice
Example use cases
During a women's rights rally, this quote can be used to inspire attendees to take action.
More from Alice Paul
All quotes βMr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve.
Alice PaulRead
Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.
Alice PaulRead
When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row.
Alice PaulRead
There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it.
Alice PaulRead
This world crisis came about without women having anything to do with it. If the women of the world had not been excluded from world affairs, things today might have been different.
Alice PaulRead
Similar quotes
When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.
H. L. MenckenRead
One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.
Aung San Suu KyiRead
Under its current form, that is imperialism-controlled, debt is a cleverly managed re-conquest of Africa, aiming at subjugating its growth and development through foreign rules. Thus, each one of us becomes the financial slave, which is to say a true slave.
Thomas SankaraRead
At the turn of the last century, extremists were forced back to the political fringes while younger politicians resurrected the vitality of the original Republican vision. They recognized that the nation could only develop and grow by protecting equality of opportunity for hardworking Americans at the bottom of the economic ladder.
Heather Cox RichardsonRead
A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
J. William FulbrightRead