Barbara Mikulski Quotes

Empowering women isn’t just the right thing to do - it’s the smart thing to do.

Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.

If we think that our daughters ought to be in Congress next to our sons, we'd better let our sons know that now, so that they get prepared to have women as colleagues.

A feminist is a person who believes in the power of women just as much as they believe in the power of anyone else. It's equality, it's fairness, and I think it's a great thing to be a part of.

I try my hardest to push the point that I am a feminist. I really think it's important that people know that the women in this industry are empowered. They run it, man. It's awesome.

No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential.

I believe that women should have equal rights to education, to work and to civic and political engagement.

More education for women. More jobs for women. More equal opportunities for women. More women to be taken seriously. And I think more than anything we wish to be heard and not to be shut down. I think this is a good thing to think about for any community; what is important is that our voices be heard and not swallowed in an abyss of history.

The Buddha gave equal opportunities to women. But we, even as followers of Buddha, neglected that.

I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality.

Our experience shows - and survey after survey reveals - institutions are run better, communities are healthier when women are involved in solving the challenges of our society. Equal representation does not just lead to good democracy: it is democracy.

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

Politics is a potent way to empower women.

I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women.

It was trying to break down the stereotypes and it was the kind of thing where, for the first time, women were on a par and not seen as just objects. Though girls were objectified still.

The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.

Women have helped shape our world, yet still do not receive the recognition and compensation they deserve.

I'd like to see women get on to boards and run companies despite the fact that men occupy the citadels of power.

Why are we not valuing the word 'feminism' when there is so much work to be done in terms of empowerment and emancipation of women everywhere?

Women, nowhere in the world, have the kind of important position in society in the amount that they ought to have.

No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men.

There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to.

I do believe in women. I really do.

Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life.

We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down. We would have every path laid open to Woman as freely as to Man.