Quotes About Empowerment

There's a huge difference in the attitude of the people of the United States of America toward women in politics. It has taken an enormous turn toward equality.

Jesse Jackson has to get back to "I am somebody" instead of "I am some color."

I am to hip-hop what Obama is to politics

Don't follow leaders, watch your parkin' meters.

There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics.

Women have more inner power for creation, starting from family and home and ending with professional activity and politics.

Local politics matters a lot.

I'm asking the American people to rise above the noise and the clutter of our broken politics.

As for being a voice in politics, I feel whether you are famous or not, busy or not, it's incumbent upon every citizen to participate in this government in any way we can.

I do not belive that Washington should do for the people wha they can do for themselves through local and private effort.

The feminine section of the proletarian army is of particularly great significance... the success of a revolution depends on the extent to which women take part in it.

That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. (to Horatio Gates, 1798)

We are in a prison of our own minds holding our own chains around us. We create our oligarchs and fight for their right to oppress us.

This proves what a purifying effect women would have on politics.

A voteless people is a hopeless people.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Do not say, 'You are bad'; say only, 'You are good', but be better!

If you are going down a road and don't like what's in front of you, and look behind you and don't like what you see, get off the road. Create a new path!

Please remember, that even in your darkest moments, you still have the choice to focus your energy on the positive and create a better life.

Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

The black artist is dangerous. Black art controls the 'Negro's' reality, negates negative influences, and creates positive images.