Gloria Steinem Quotes

Violence maims not only the body but also the mind and spirit. As Pierre Bourdieu has argued, it lies "on the side of belief and persuasion." If we are to counter violence by offering young people ways to think differently about their world and the choices before them, they must be empowered to recognize themselves in any analysis of violence, and in doing so to acknowledge that it speaks to their lives meaningfully.

What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?

We must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier.

Education is a vacine for violence.

I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence.

A little of true nonviolence acts in a silent, subtle, unseen way and leavens the whole society.

The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity.

I don't have much time for real violence at all. I think there are infinitely better ways of changing the world than using violence. Sitting round a table talking is a pretty good start.

I was always a feminist, for I liked intellectual revolt as much as I disliked physical violence. On the whole, I think women havelost something precious, but have gained, immeasurably, by the passing of the old order.

There's a whole generation coming up behind us that was engaged, inspired, worked for change during the course of my presidency, saw what was possible.

My experience teaches me that truth can never be propagated by doing violence.

I do have an intense respect for pacifists, because I believe that ultimately, if we are to have a truly humanistic as well as libertarian society, violence will have to be banished on this planet.

Elevation of today's generation, if I can make them listen. Prisons ain't what we need, no longer stuck in greed.

I think all of us, politicians and churchmen, should do our utmost to change the society so that there would be no need for violence.

I think I did in the sense that there's a whole generation coming up behind us that was engaged, inspired, worked for change during the course of my presidency, saw what was possible. And that generation, it's coming.

Today’s generation of young people holds more power than any generation before it to make a positive impact on the world.

Let us become the first generation to decide to be the last that sees empty classrooms, lost childhoods and wasted potential

Children don’t need beating. They need love and encouragement. They need fathers to whom they can look with respect rather than fear. Above all, they need example.

When I was 16, the guest speaker was King. And I was completely overwhelmed because I had been studying nonviolence, talking about it, reading about it, but here it was happening, here it was people boycotting the buses and people on the streets and taking risks, which I think was the key.

In my religion I really cannot think of cases where violence is justified.

DoSomething.org believes you don't have to wait to be Bono or Bill Gates to make a difference. Teens are super creative and passionate. We're unlocking that power by leveraging pop culture and communications technologies to get kids to do great stuff offline.

I have such faith in the millennial generation, because they just don't think like other generations do. They really don't. And I truly believe it's going to be a phenomenal thing to watch, because they're very outspoken. They are living in a world right now where equality is something that the young kids are supporting. It's just what their focus is. Equality is everything to the kids. At least that's what I'm witnessing and it's an amazing thing to watch.

Gandhi said the end is inherent in the means, which means you cannot create any more peace than you yourself have attained. An angry generation will not bring peace.

I think being able to identify with young people and...their capacity to change the world and shake things up. I think that's the greatest strength.

The economy schoolchildren currently expect to live under and serve would not survive a generation of young people trained to think critically.