60 Quotes by Patricia Ireland

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

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,

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

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

We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the violence we experience in our own homes is not a personal family matter, it's a public and political problem. It's a way that women are kept in line, kept in our places.

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, strengthened by our diversity.

the two major parties too often present us with a choice of the evil of two lessers.

Here I am.... You get the parts of me you like and also the parts that make you uncomfortable. You have to understand that other people's comfort is no longer my job. I am no longer a flight attendant.

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