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Patricia Ireland  Quotes
My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women’s and children’s empowerment...

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We do not intend to encourage higher courts to consider and possibly create legal precedent that would injure everyday women in the workplace, based on the allegations and evidence of a politically charged case,

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We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.

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I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O’Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President.

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Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can’t win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.

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Hard cases make bad laws … We have decided not to work with these disreputable right-wing organizations and individuals advancing [Jones’] cause.

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We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.

—Patricia Ireland

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I know that Bush, for political reasons, is going to nominate a minority, a Hispanic man or someone where it will be harder for people on the progressive side to oppose and split some of...

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Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we’re not going to change their minds.

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Now we are talking about real sexual predators, and we are now talking about people in power using that power to take advantage of women.

—Patricia Ireland

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When I hear traditional family values raised, I hear that effort once again to re-establish the man as head and master of his family. Who had the, not only the right, but the obligation to...

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I know that it isn’t just violence against women, it’s how do we support ourselves and our families, how do we deal with health care for ourselves and our families? It’s a bigger picture.

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Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps.

—Patricia Ireland

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When they say men should take responsibility, they really mean men should take control … that men should be heads and masters of their families, and women should take a back seat. That is a...

—Patricia Ireland

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Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put forth a positive agenda of what women need and...

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I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

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The opposition has moved from a blaming the victim to blaming the victim’s advocate’s statistics. Irrespective of what the numbers are, it’s far too many.

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One of the things [NOW members] look for whenthey’re looking for [work] is jobs where they’re going toget better skills on computers, … That’s ahigher value, especially for the young women, than theimmediate pay they’re...

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I’ve talked to law enforcement officials at the state and local level who say that violence against women is going up. In any case, we think that it’s an important issue whether it’s going up...

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The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won’t tolerate this violence and...

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Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate.

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In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.

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The way to be a man if you’re a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around.

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Bush’s choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court.

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Is a woman raped every three minutes or every six minutes? It is far too much, whatever it is.

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The Young Women’s Christian Association is nourished by its roots in Christianity and, at the same time, over the years, it’s been enriched by beliefs and values from all kinds of places, even, in fact,...

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Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win.

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Jesus never said anything about homosexuality.

—Patricia Ireland

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[Patricia Ireland, President of the National Organization for Women, also on the ground at Kennedy Space Center, sighed when I asked her about the convergence of the two events.] It has the potential to diminish...

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There are a lot of people who worked extremely hard in the election who are still organized who know how to do door to door and phone canvassing, who know how to raise money.

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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.

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More than 10,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County have been rejected by some machine without any opportunity for a human being to take a look. That is just not right.

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John Ashcroft … stands for some of the most regressive policies on the ultraconservative agenda. He would ban contraceptive pills, deny contraceptive action to a woman who had been raped and would not allow an...

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They plan to ride into the White House on the Sweet Talk Express. Well, think again. Bush and Cheney are not compassionate conservatives. They are ruthless reactionaries.

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I don’t think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.

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Most of us see Justice O’Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.

—Patricia Ireland

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This is not just sexual harassment, if it’s true. It’s sexual assault, … Late Edition.

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Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women’s lives in our entirety.

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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or...

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