Gloria Allred Quotes

There is no change without sacrifice.

I cannot take every case that people ask me to take.

I actually feel most relaxed when I'm working.

There appears to be a disturbing trend in this nation to try to force single moms to choose between their children and their careers. If they take their careers seriously, they are labeled as bad mothers. If they spend time with their children, they are labeled as people who can't be serious about careers outside the home. This is a sexist double standard. No such guilt trip is imposed on men, who are generally not forced to choose between their children and their jobs.

There are enough high hurdles to climb, as one travels through life, without having to scale artificial barriers created by law or silly regulations.

It's not my fault if the media and the public are more interested in Tiger Woods than in women farm workers.

I think there should be better child support laws to make it easier for those single moms to support their children so they don't have to go on welfare.

Well, I like empowering my clients.

I live in a war zone. I would never have imagined 37 years ago when I started practicing law that there would still be so much discrimination against women, so much denial of women's rights.

I have been the victim of many of the injustices that women who are my clients have had. That is how I understand how this is impacting their lives economically, psychologically, often physically. It's all personal. For me, if one woman is denied her rights, we're all being denied our rights.

I could have had someone else take care of my child but I did it because that was my moral obligation and also it was a joy and I felt it was in the best interests of the child.

As my father would have said, I went through the college of hard knocks.

I have represented people in book deals.

There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.

I'm entitled to collect my fair share of community property without being called names.

I have two grandchildren.

Eventually I figured out there was something systematic in the way women are treated.

Do not let adversity break you. Think of it as a learning experience that will make you stronger.

Minorities have never been given their rights. They have always had to wage a political and legal battle to win them.

Women will no longer be silent when they suffer injustices against them.

Well, let me just say - I mean, I'm not a person who's going to vote for any of the potential Republican nominees for the presidency of the United States.

I'm a civil rights attorney. I'm a victim rights attorney.

Fighting injustice keeps you young.

I was a single mother when my child was little.

When I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania I had a baby in one arm, a diploma in the other and I didn't know where I was going in life.

The more I know about men the more I like dogs.

I'm not an elected official who puts a finger in the wind to see what the majority thinks; I represent women, whether they're popular or not.

I have known some wonderful men.

Generally, dictatorships do not work in marriage - or, for that matter, in any other relationship.