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Alice Paul Quotes

American activist (b. 1885), Birth: 11-1-1885, Death: 9-7-1977
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It is incredible to me that any woman should consider the fight for full equality won. It has just begun. There is hardly a field, economic or political, in which the natural and unaccustomed policy is not to ignore women…Unless women are prepared to fight politically they must be content to be ignored politically.
Alice Paul

2.
There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it.
Alice Paul

'A revised global structure cannot be achieved until the feminine voice is incorporated.'
3.
I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.
Alice Paul

I never questioned that equality was the right path. Most transformations, most dilemmas are intricate. But to me there is nothing complex about just fairness.
4.
Unless women are prepared to fight politically they must be content to be ignored politically.
Alice Paul

Unless females are prepared to engage in political combat they must be content to remain politically invisible.
5.
I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic at the end.
Alice Paul

I consistently sense the venture is like a patchwork. Everyone contributes a single small piece, and then you end up with an impressive collage.
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6.
Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve.
Alice Paul

'Mr. President, how much longer must women persevere in pursuit of autonomy? Grant us the privileges we are entitled to.'
7.
Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.
Alice Paul

The termination of pregnancy is the utmost exploitation of females.
8.
To me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.
Alice Paul

To me there is nothing convoluted about basic fairness.
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9.
We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote.
Alice Paul

We female inhabitants of the United States proclaim that this nation is not a true democracy. Twenty million women are precluded from exercising their right to vote.
10.
Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
Alice Paul

11.
When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row.
Alice Paul

12.
The Woman's Party is made up of women of all races, creeds and nationalities who are united on the one program of working to raise the status of women.
Alice Paul

13.
This world crisis came about without women having anything to do with it. If the women of the world had not been excluded from world affairs, things today might have been different.
Alice Paul

14.
Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.
Alice Paul

15.
It occurred to me that I just didn't see how I could go ahead and continue to eat meat. It just seemed so... cannibalistic to me. And so, I'm a vegetarian, and I have been ever since.
Alice Paul

16.
Food simply isn't important to me.
Alice Paul