Quote by Patricia Ireland
Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made

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 want and then move forward toward that dream. – Patricia Ireland

Other quotes by Patricia Ireland

When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the 70s and 80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law. – Patricia Ireland

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

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Faith
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Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk about the reality of our lives and realize that were not alone, that we have a right to be physically safe and emotionally safe in our own homes. – Patricia Ireland

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alone
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My parents leaving a third world country to a first world country and building from nothing – thats really inspiring to me and its influenced me in a positive way. – Melanie Fiona

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positive

George W. Bush brought a lot of minorities into his administration, which was a positive thing, and they had some issues that they wanted to press, but 9/11 really gave them direction. It gave them a purpose. – Josh Brolin

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positive

I did the whole rock and roll thing thats coming up. I think youre going to enjoy that! Burt Rocks, its called. I like that hes a dreamer I like how positive he is. Theres a lot of things I think I can learn from Burt. – Garret Dillahunt

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positive

Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back. – Martin Yan

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positive

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The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl. – Dave Barry

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funny

To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him its no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long. – Marlene Dietrich

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respect

Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed he who fears corruption fears life. – Saul Alinsky

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Politics

Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought. – Bernard Baruch

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Thought