Self-esteem is the basis of any democracy

Quote by Gloria Steinem

Topics: Democracy Quotes, Self-esteem Quotes

If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare.

If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all,...

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all,...

We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.

We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in...

It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in...

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is...

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is...

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave...

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave...

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that...

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that...

The family is the basic cell of government: it is where we are trained to...

The family is the basic cell of government: it is where we are trained to...

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should...

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should...

Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality.

Pornography is about dominance. Erotica is about mutuality.

If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm...

If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm...

Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal...

Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal...

I will no longer be referred to as Miss Steinem of Ms. magazine.

I will no longer be referred to as Miss Steinem of Ms. magazine.