Never Been, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“They have never been a 13-year-old girl.” - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, About men on the court, after her male colleagues appeared indifferent about a girl's strip-search by school administrators.

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Sustained Outrage, Authority, Molly Ivins

“What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.” - Molly Ivins

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 50.

What We Do, More Important, Bell Hooks

“What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.” - Bell Hooks

Found on Inspiring Quotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/1212-bell-hooks.

Make Life a Little Better, Community, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"To make life a little better for people less fortunate than you, that's what I think a meaningful life is. One lives not just for oneself but for one's community." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

In Germany, Communists, Jews, Catholics, Didn't Speak Up, Martin Niemoller

"In Germany they first came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up, because I was not a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me." - Martin Niemoller, 1945 (WW1 war hero & U Boat Captain, WW2 pastor who spent 7 years in Nazi prisons).

This is one variant of the quote by Martin Niemoller. Variations include trade unionists, social democrats, and others. We are now witnessing a regression of rights for women. What group is next?

You can view this and some of the variants at https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Niemöller, or Google Martin Niemoller for more links.

True Equality, Responsibility, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

About gender equality: “Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bring up the next generation.” - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Empathy, Trying to Imagine, Do Something About It, Cornel West

“Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

Black Woman Writer, Too Much, Written Enough, Bell Hooks

“No black woman writer in this culture can write 'too much.' Indeed, no woman writer can write 'too much.'...No woman has ever written enough.” - Bell Hooks

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 53.

True Function of Age, Memory, Rita Mae Brown

“I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.” - Rita Mae Brown

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 20.

Our Friendships, Currency of Our Lives, Toni Morrison

“Our friendships with one another are the currency of our lives.” - Toni Morrison, Essence, May 1995

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 161.

Action, Antidote, Despair, Joan Baez

“Action is the antidote to despair.” - Joan Baez

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 20.

Quiet Retirement, Take a Risk, Satenig St. Marie

“We can go into a quiet retirement, which is the traditional stereotype of a 65-year-old, or we can take a risk and put ourselves out where the action is.” - Satenig St. Marie

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 24.

Fool Some of the People, Can't Fool Yourself, Maya Angelou

“I found out that you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool yourself.” - Maya Angelou, in Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989)

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 10.

Weep With Their Whole Heart, Laugh, Golda Meir

“Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.” - Golda Meir

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 21.

We Live For, Make Life Less Difficult, George Eliot

“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?” - George Eliot

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 41.

Last Tree, Cut Down, Last River, Poisoned, Last Fish Caught, Money Cannot Be Eaten, Cree Indian Proverb, Prophecy

"Only when the last tree has been cut down; Only when the last river has been poisoned; Only when the last fish has been caught; Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten." - Cree Indian Proverb/Prophecy

This can be found at Quoteland.com on this page.

Disappointed if You Fail, Doomed, Beverly Sills

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.” - Beverly Sills

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 25.

Cheap Labor, Person who Performs It, Audre Lorde

“Cheap labor is never cheap for the person who performs it.” - Audre Lorde, Commencement address, Oberlin College, May 29, 1989

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 142.

Accept, The Best, Eleanor Roosevelt

“You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 6.

Drunk on Writing, Reality, Ray Bradbury

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” ― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1630.Ray_Bradbury.

Love is Like The Sea, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

“Love is like the sea. It's a moving thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from the shore it meets, and it's different with every shore.” ― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.

Women, Proud, Gloria Steinem

“We are the women our parents warned us against – and we are proud.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 42.

Lead the People, Love the People, Cornel West

“You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

No Change, Without Contemplation, Bell Hooks

“There is no change without contemplation.” - bell hooks, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (Fall 1992)

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 98.

We The People, Formed the Union, Men Their Rights, Women Their Rights, Susan B. Anthony

"It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people -- women as well as men." - Susan B. Anthony, speech after her arrest for voting in the 1872 presidential election

"Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less." - Susan B. Anthony, The Revolution, Jan. 8, 1868

First quote ("It was we, the people...") found at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.

Second quote ("Men, their rights...") found at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b_ii.html.

I Have Known, Served and Been Served, Zora Neal Hurston

“I have known the joy and pain of friendship. I have served and been served. I have made some good enemies for which I am not a bit sorry. I have loved unselfishly, and I have fondled hatred with the red-hot tongs of Hell. That's living.” ― Zora Neale Hurston

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston.

Gender-Equal Society, Gloria Steinem

“A gender-equal society would be one where the word gender does not exist, where everyone can be a unique self.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 69.

Stupidity, Missed Chances, Restrospect, Stephen King

“...stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.” - Stephen King

Found on https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/506731-stupidity-is-one-of-the-two-things-we-see-most.

Quiet Retirement, Take a Risk, Satenig St. Marie

“We can go into a quiet retirement, which is the tradition stereotype of a 65-year-old, or we can take a risk and put ourselves out where the action is.” - Satenig St.Marie

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 24.