Gloria Steinem Quotes About Revolution

Quotes about: Revolution

• Feminism isn't called the longest revolution for nothing.

  Gloria Steinem

  Feminism, Revolution

• Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.

  Gloria Steinem

  Art, Feminist, Revolution

  Gloria Steinem (1995). “Moving Beyond Words: Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking Boundaries of Gender”, p.196, Simon and Schuster

• It doesn't matter what word we use, if it has the same content, it will be treated in the same way. There are other words - there's "womanist," there's "mujerista," there's "women's liberationist" - all mean the same thing and they get the same ridicule. I think we just need to choose what word we feel comfortable with that says women are full human beings, and whatever that word is, it will get a lot of opposition. But it will also attract a lot of support. But this is a revolution, not a public relations movement.

  Gloria Steinem

  Strong Women, Mean, Thinking

  "Celebrating Gloria Steinem’s 80th Birthday" by Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 24, 2014.

• It was the first female-style revolution: no violence and we all went shopping.

  Gloria Steinem

  Wall, Shopping, Style

• Every revolution begins as consciousness because some group of people has to imagine change.

  Gloria Steinem

  People, Revolution, Groups

  Interview with Maria Shriver, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 11, 2011.

• Since we're each unique, if we've shared many experiences, then it probably has something to do with power or politics, and if we unify and act together, then we can make a change. Revolutions that last don't happen from the top down. They happen from the bottom up.

  Gloria Steinem

  Unique, Top Down, Together

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Every revolution begins as consciousness because some group of people has to imagine change. You have to have the idea of change or at least have a hope before you can proceed. And that stage goes very quickly because a contagion of consciousness is within your control. But when you get to the stage of institutional change, it becomes a much slower process.

  Gloria Steinem

  Ideas, People, Revolution

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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