Quote

We know that priorities are amiss in the world when a man gets a military medal of honor for killing another man and a dishonorable discharge for loving one.

Charlotte Bunch

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Charlotte Bunch
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 13
Activist
Writer
NC
United States
Justice
Medal
Culture
Priorities
Another
Diversity
Men
Killing
World
Loving
Honor
Amiss
Gets
Dishonorable
Military
Discharge

More quotes by Charlotte Bunch

Image
We do not need, and indeed never will have, all the answers before we act ... It is often through taking action that we can discover some of them.
Charlotte Bunch
Image
What is being called the UN 'gender architecture' is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global house if equality is ever to become a reality.
Charlotte Bunch
Image
Leadership is people taking the initiative, carrying things through, having ideas and the imagination to get something started, and exhibiting particular skills in different areas.
Charlotte Bunch
Image
The state of the world today demands that women become less modest and dream/plan/act/risk on a larger scale.
Charlotte Bunch
Image
Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women's issues.
Charlotte Bunch
Image
Feminism is a transformational force, an individual and social force. It is a way of looking at the world-a questioning of power/domination issues, an affirmation of women's energy.
Charlotte Bunch
Image
There is no private domain of a person's life that is not political, and there is no political issue that is not ultimately personal.
Charlotte Bunch
Image
I'd make a comment at a meeting and nobody would even acknowledge me. Then some man would say the same thing and they'd all nod.
Charlotte Bunch
Image
We need women leaders. But we need them to have a vision for something.
Charlotte Bunch
Image
Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond.
Charlotte Bunch
Image
If you think that you are where you are just because you worked hard, it is easy to become self-righteous and make classist moral judgments about others.
Charlotte Bunch
Image
As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea.
Charlotte Bunch