Patricia Ireland Quotes

• Is a woman ra*ed every three minutes or every six minutes? It is far too much, whatever it is.

  Patricia Ireland

  Tags in Violence Against Women

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

  Patricia Ireland

  Topics in Goal

  Tags in Important

• 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 or not. And we are determined to stop it.

  Patricia Ireland

  Tags in Violence Against Women, Enforcement

• 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.

  Patricia Ireland

  Topics in Racism

  Tags in Empowerment

• 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.

  Patricia Ireland

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Bigger, Support

• 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 the traditionally progressive or democratic constituents.

  Patricia Ireland

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Progressive, Democratic, Split, Hispanic, Oppose, Nominate, Minority

• 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 discarded. I want my vote to count.

  Patricia Ireland

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Discarded, Voter, Count, American

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

  Patricia Ireland

  Tags in Optimism, Pessimism, Cynicism

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

  Patricia Ireland

  Topics in Belief

  Tags in Christian, Insight

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

  Patricia Ireland

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Tenacious, Battle

• 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.

  Patricia Ireland

  Tags in Confirmation, Supreme Court

• And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family.

  Patricia Ireland

  Tags in Familiar, English, Thumb

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

  Patricia Ireland

  Tags in Senate, Consent

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

  Patricia Ireland

  Tags in Equality

• I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.

  Patricia Ireland

  Topics in Leadership, Power

  Tags in Equality

Patricia Ireland (35)

Birth:	19th October, 1945
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Administrator, Feminist

About

Patricia Ireland is a U.S. administrator and feminist. She served as president of the National Organization for Women, from 1991 to 2001 and published an autobiography, What Women Want, in 1996. Ireland attended DePauw University and obtained a Bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee in 1966 and a law degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1975. She also attended Florida State University College of Law.

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