Phyllis Schlafly quotes

Phyllis Schlafly was an American activist, author, and conservative political strategist. Best known for leading the opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), she played a significant role in shaping the conservative movement in the United States. She became a prominent voice for traditional values and influenced American politics for decades. Here are 57 of her quotes:

What I am defending is the real rights of women. A woman should have the right to be in the home as a wife and mother. (Phyllis Schlafly)
And the first commandment of feminism is: I am woman; thou shalt not tolerate strange gods who assert that women have capabilities or often choose roles that are different from men's. View quote
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Men should stop treating feminists like ladies, and instead treat them like the men they say they want to be. View quote
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The cornerstone of the political correctness that dominates campus culture is radical feminism. View quote
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The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom. View quote
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ERA means abortion funding, means homosexual privileges, means whatever else. View quote
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Many professors are Marxists or other varieties of radicals who hate America. View quote
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Every country that has experimented with women in actual combat has abandoned the idea, and the notion that Israel uses women in combat is a feminist myth. View quote
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It is long overdue for parents to realize they have the right and duty to protect our children against the intolerant evolutionists. View quote
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People think that child-support enforcement benefits children, but it doesn't. View quote
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Putting women in military combat is the cutting edge of the feminist goal to force us into an androgynous society. (Phyllis Schlafly)
Feminism is doomed to failure because it is based on an attempt to repeal and restructure human nature. View quote
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Congress should pass legislation to remove from the federal courts their jurisdiction to hear these outrageous challenges to the Ten Commandments and the Pledge of Allegiance. View quote
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Non-criminal sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for the virtuous woman except in the rarest of cases. View quote
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When will American men learn how to stand up to the nagging by the intolerant, uncivil feminists whose sport is to humiliate men? View quote
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The atomic bomb is a marvelous gift that was given to our country by a wise God. View quote
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Our public school system is our country's biggest and most inefficient monopoly, yet it keeps demanding more and more money. View quote
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It's really dangerous for a guy to go to college these days. He's better off if he doesn't talk to any women when he gets there. The feminists are perfectly glad to make false accusations and then claim all men are capable of some dastardly deed like rape. View quote
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Driver's licenses are a crucial national security issue. View quote
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American women are the most fortunate class of people who ever lived on the face of the earth. We can do anything we want to do. View quote
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Trump is the only hope to defeat the Kingmakers. Because everybody else will fall in line. The Kingmakers have so much money behind them. (Phyllis Schlafly)
Minors are an intended audience for the highly profitable sex industry. Impressionable teenagers are easily persuaded to have abortions, and homosexual clubs in high school are designed for the young. View quote
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National Standards was not a narrative of past events but was leftwing revisionism and Political Correctness. View quote
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It's not the physical location of birth that defines citizenship, but whether your parents are citizens, and the express or implied consent to jurisdiction of the sovereign. View quote
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The United States is a giant island of freedom, achievement, wealth and prosperity in a world hostile to our values. View quote
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Phyllis Schlafly

Phyllis Schlafly - Image
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Activist
Born: August 15, 1924
Died: September 5, 2016
Quotes count: 57
Wikipedia: Phyllis Schlafly

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