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10 Empowering Quotes from Women in Politics

Marcy Lovitch

By Jane Claire Hervey

Fact-checked by Marcy Lovitch

Updated on Apr. 30, 2025

Impressive women leaders from around the world share timeless advice with these empowering women quotes and women empowerment sayings

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You’ve come a long way, baby! Even if you don’t remember that famous advertising campaign from the 1970s, empowering women quotes from political leaders and human rights activists (and yes, pop culture) have been instrumental in raising women up and inspiring us to achieve anything we set our minds to. But the fight’s not over.

According to the United Nations, in 2025 there are 28 women serving as heads of state or government, out of 193 total countries. Only six have more than 50% female representation in lower parliamentary bodies. That’s up from 11% in 1995, so things are changing, however slowly. Reader’s Digest put together 10 powerful feminist quotes and women empowerment sayings to inspire you or the women in your life to dream big and reach for the stars. Read and share these leadership quotes by political women, because we still have a long way to go.

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Why trust us

At Reader’s Digest, we’ve been sharing our favorite quotes for over 100 years. The sayings and quips that appear in the magazine’s “Quotable Quotes” (formerly “Remarkable Remarks”) are curated from interviews and essays originally published in the magazine, reprints from trusted titles and other verified sources. For this piece on empowering women quotes, Jane Claire Hervey tapped her experience as a journalist to ensure that all information is accurate. We’ve gone the extra step and had Marcy Lovitch, a fact-checker with 20-plus years of experience researching for national publications including Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, Glamour, Seventeen, Real Simple, Forbes and InStyle magazines, verify that all quotes are attributed correctly and have credible sourcing. Read more about our team, our contributors and our editorial policies.

Sources:

  • UN Women: “Facts and Figures: Women’s Leadership and Political Participation”
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Marcy Lovitch
Marcy Lovitch is a New York City-based research editor and freelance writer. As a research editor, she has worked at Glamour, Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping, Seventeen, Real Simple, Family Circle, and many other national publications and digital outlets. As a freelance writer, she is a regular contributor to the digital editions of Woman's World a...
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