Alice Paul Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

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

“Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve.”

“We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote.”

“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.”

“Food simply isn't important to me.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Too many terms corrupts politicians so they only want to be reelected.”