Quotable Quotes

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole, is reduced to half
-Plato

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes"; they will say, "Women don't have what it takes".
-Clare Boothe Luce

We must be at the decision-making tables at home, in the community, in our countries. When women have power and use it well, all people benefit. That power is in our hands
-Dr. Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe

No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you; we are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live.
-Mohammed Ali Jinnah