Michele Bachmann Quotes

To have been the first woman premier of Victoria was not only a great opportunity but also a great chance to say to the young women of Victoria - Liberal or Labor - 'You can do it, too.'

There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.

Women leading big corporations or assuming various important social and political roles is still considered newsworthy, which clearly shows the need to further support and enhance the role of women in society.

Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.

I am encouraged to see women are being elected in Chile, Argentina, Liberia, Ireland. More is more.

Twenty-six years ago, I became the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right. I was the first, but I made sure I wasn't the only.

When you strengthen women, you strengthen the world.

Fifty years in the future, I should hope we'll be on our second woman president, at least.

It is Republicans that have led the fight for women's equality. Go back through history and look at who was the first woman to ever vote, elected to office, go to Congress.

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do.

The grandest thing has been the lifting up of the gates and the opening of the doors to the women of America, giving liberty to twenty-seven million women, thus opening to them a new and larger life and a higher ideal.

We will have a female President.

As a representative of women let my message be: Yes you can.

I am proud to be a woman in the Senate.

In everything I do, I like to set the idea for girls that they can do anything. I was really moved by Hillary Clinton's speech when she lost the election - she didn't want young girls to feel like it wasn't possible and wanted them to know a female president will eventually happen. That's important.

In 1988, my mother led a nationwide election campaign, wrote a bestselling book, had her first child, and became the youngest and first female prime minister of the Muslim world. All in one year! For her detractors, this wasn't good enough. She was unacceptable because she was a woman.

I've done so many commencement speeches at colleges and law schools, and I tell young women that there are no glass ceilings because those were broken by a lot of women who came before us. You can be anyone you want to be. You can do anything you want to do.

I am an anomaly in my country. I hope, in the coming years, there will be more women like me.

I am inspired by many young women, not only in my industry but across others.

There have been women who have pioneered and paved the way for me to be able to sit here and to have a platform. And it's my job and my duty to continue to push the boundary for equality on all spectrums.

I resonate with everything that the Miss Universe organisation stands for, especially empowering women across the globe.

Even without the euphoria of 'yes we can,' Hillary Clinton is to white women what Barack Obama was to African-Americans. She represents the opportunity to see a like image in the Oval Office for the first time.

I will not allow my experience to scare off other young women or girls from running for office. For the sake of all of us we cannot let that happen.

My message is very simple: I'm for women, I'm about women, and I want to help create lanes for more of us.

Women have to do a lot of things. That's why I think Ms. Hillary is going to be an awesome president.