Patricia Ireland Quotes

I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.

There are a lot of people who worked extremely hard in the election who are still organized who know how to do door to door and phone canvassing, who know how to raise money.

We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.

When I hear traditional family values raised, I hear that effort once again to re-establish the man as head and master of his family. Who had the, not only the right, but the obligation to discipline his wife and children to keep them in line?

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 we're not alone, that we have a right to be physically safe and emotionally safe in our own homes.

Advice and consent does not mean rubber stamp in the Senate.

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

Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court.

And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family.

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

Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.

Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds.

Whatever Congress decides to do, in all fairness the only ones who should vote on this issue are members who themselves have never had sex outside of marriage and never lied about their sex lives either denying or exaggerating!

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.

I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.

Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps.

More than 10,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County have been rejected by some machine without any opportunity for a human being to take a look. That is just not right.

Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.

All of us knew he was a snake when we voted for him

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