Gloria Allred Quotes

It's not my fault if the media and the public are more interested in Tiger Woods than in women farm workers.

I actually feel most relaxed when I'm working.

As my father would have said, I went through the college of hard knocks.

I was a single mother when my child was little.

Instead of receiving the help that she had hoped for, Mr. Cain instead decided to provide her with his idea of a stimulus package.

Do not let adversity break you. Think of it as a learning experience that will make you stronger.

There are endless new variations on how to hurt a woman physically, emotionally, financially, and socially.

When I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania I had a baby in one arm, a diploma in the other and I didn't know where I was going in life.

Both princes and princesses belong in palaces of power, but the doors won't always open unless you fight for your rights.

People who are pierced should not be snickered at, should not become the object of ridicule, should not be singled out for special and uneven and unequal treatment. They should be respected just like everybody else.

The more I know about men the more I like dogs.

Well, I like empowering my clients.

Why is it immoral to be paid for an act that is perfectly legal if done for free?

[On an epitaph for herself:] Under here, we're all equal.

I'm a civil rights attorney. I'm a victim rights attorney.

It is very frightening to feel alone when you are standing against a rich and powerful person and all his attendant helpers.

I do believe that, under the law, under the Constitution of the United States, and under our public policy, that women deserve and should have a right to enjoy equal employment opportunity.

There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.

I have represented people in book deals.

I have known some wonderful men.

Eventually I figured out there was something systematic in the way women are treated.

There appears to be a disturbing trend in this nation to try to force single moms to choose between their children and their careers. If they take their careers seriously, they are labeled as bad mothers. If they spend time with their children, they are labeled as people who can't be serious about careers outside the home. This is a sexist double standard. No such guilt trip is imposed on men, who are generally not forced to choose between their children and their jobs.

Do feminists have a sense of humor? Yes.

I have two grandchildren.

Minorities have never been given their rights. They have always had to wage a political and legal battle to win them.

I have been the victim of many of the injustices that women who are my clients have had. That is how I understand how this is impacting their lives economically, psychologically, often physically. It's all personal. For me, if one woman is denied her rights, we're all being denied our rights.

Because of my life experiences, I understand that I have an opportunity to help other women. I have the desire and the ability.

There still is a war on women in terms of politicians in Washington and the state legislatures trying to eliminate any rights we have fought to win and that the Supreme Court has afforded us.

Fighting injustice keeps you young.

Generally, dictatorships do not work in marriage - or, for that matter, in any other relationship.

I'm entitled to collect my fair share of community property without being called names.

I live in a war zone. I would never have imagined 37 years ago when I started practicing law that there would still be so much discrimination against women, so much denial of women's rights.

I'm not an elected official who puts a finger in the wind to see what the majority thinks; I represent women, whether they're popular or not.

I'm not interested in dating. I like being with my own best friend, me. Certain women, particularly older women, cannot believe I like going to a social event by myself. But I do.

Male privilege and entitlement are dying a very painful death; no one gives up power without a struggle.

There are enough high hurdles to climb, as one travels through life, without having to scale artificial barriers created by law or silly regulations.

There is no change without sacrifice.

I think there should be better child support laws to make it easier for those single moms to support their children so they don't have to go on welfare.

I cannot take every case that people ask me to take.

Women will no longer be silent when they suffer injustices against them.

When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to bring people along.