I know that it isn't just violence against women, it's how do we support ourselves and our families, how do we deal with health care for ourselves and our families? It's a bigger picture.
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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.Patricia Ireland
I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
Patricia Ireland
Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds.
Patricia Ireland
Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.
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Now we are talking about real sexual predators, and we are now talking about people in power using that power to take advantage of women.
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