Every revolution begins as consciousness because some group of people has to imagine change.

Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner. It feels limitless, not limited.

More than poverty, more than degree of education, religion, access to natural resources, even degree of democracy - violence against females is the biggest indicator of whether a country will be violent in itself or be willing to use military violence against another country.

The best way for us to cultivate fearlessness in our daughters and other young women is by example.

Most of us are living out the unlived lives of our mothers, because they were not able to become the unique people they were born to be.

In the last 25 years, we've convinced ourselves and a majority of the country that women can do what men can do. Now we have to convince the majority of the country - and ourselves - that men can do what women can do. ... Let's face it: until men are fully equal inside the home, women will never be really equal outside it.

Anyone who has ever experienced dehumanized life on welfare or any other confidence-shaking dependency knows that a paid job may be preferable to the dole, even when the handout is coming from a family member.