I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes women's right to power and leadership roles.
Patricia Ireland reflects on the importance of women recognizing their own worth and entitlement to leadership positions. By organizing collectively, women can empower themselves and challenge societal norms that may discourage their pursuit of power and influence. This call for self-empowerment is vital for fostering equality and representation in leadership roles.
In practice
During a women's leadership seminar to inspire attendees.
We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the violence we experience in our own homes is not a personal family matter, it's a public and political problem. It's a way that women are kept in line, kept in our places.
In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
First organize the inner, then organize the outer ... First organize the great, then organize the small. First organize yourself, and then organize others.
In government, our chief executives have been lawyers. The great majority of our cabinets and congresses are and have been men trained in the law. They have provided the leadership and the statecraft and the store of strength when it was needed.
Nothing is possible without men; nothing is lasting without institutions.
Define excellence vividly, quantitatively. Paint a picture for your most talented employees of what excellence looks like. Keep everyone pushing and pushing toward the right-hand edge of the bell curve.
I always say that my job is not to think about today. My job is to look around the corner and feel and see what's coming, and then warn everybody else.
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