Gloria Allred Quotes

Gloria Rachel Allred is an American women's rights attorney known for taking high-profile and often controversial cases, particularly those involving the protection of women's rights.



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“In 1973, the United States Supreme Court handed down Roe v. Wade. In the sweep of a pen, the Supreme Court promised all American women that there would never again be another Jane Roe, beginning distant courts for the basic human right to decide for herself whether to terminate a pernancy. Never again, the Court promised, may the State presume to intrude on a decision so intimate and significant that it may well determine the remainder of a young woman's life.”

Gloria Allred. 1990 Gloria Allred testimony before United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Publication Title: Hearings on the Nomination of David H. Souter to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, September 13, 14, 17, 18, and 19, 1990. Category: Congressional Committee Materials. Collection: Additional Government Publications. Publication name: Supreme Court Nomination Hearings. Date issued: September 13, 1990. Congress. 101st Congress, 2nd Session. www.gpo.gov http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-CHRG-SOUTER/pdf/GPO-CHRG-SOUTER-5-2-1.pdf, more info at S. Hrg. 101-1263 at www.gpo.gov http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/GPO-CHRG-SOUTER/GPO-CHRG-SOUTER-2-4-1-5-3

“The public deserves to know if Mr Cosby is a saint or a sexual predator.”

Quoted in: [December 6, 2014, http://uptownmagazine.com/2014/12/judy-hurth-sues-bill-cosby-gloria-allred/, Uptown Magazine, K, Whaley, December 4, 2014, New Accuser Sues Bill Cosby, Gloria Allred Demands He Face Judgement]

“As attorneys, as lawmakers, and as judges, our first questions should be the effect of our decisions on real human lives.”

Gloria Allred. (September 13, 1990). Testimony before United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

“It could be advantageous for Mr. Cosby to give up the statute of limitations because there is a huge cloud on his reputation and legacy.”

Statement by Gloria Allred at press conference representing three women who say they were sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby — quoted in: [December 6, 2014, http://uptownmagazine.com/2014/12/judy-hurth-sues-bill-cosby-gloria-allred/, Uptown Magazine, K, Whaley, December 4, 2014, New Accuser Sues Bill Cosby, Gloria Allred Demands He Face Judgement]

“Some say 'the women’s movement is all about older women,' but this is a movement about younger women asserting their rights that women before them fought for and won.”

December 6, 2014, Gloria Allred: The Battle Over Sexual Assault is the ‘Civil Rights Movement of Our Time’, May 15, 2014, Time magazine, Gloria Allred http://time.com/100055/campus-sexual-assault-gloria-allred/,

“It is exciting and inspiring to see young women stand up and say 'we know that we have rights, and we intend to assert them.”

December 6, 2014, Gloria Allred: The Battle Over Sexual Assault is the ‘Civil Rights Movement of Our Time’, May 15, 2014, Time magazine, Gloria Allred http://time.com/100055/campus-sexual-assault-gloria-allred/,

“The battle to end sexual assault on college campuses is one of the most important civil rights movements of our time. It is a movement for change.”

December 6, 2014, Gloria Allred: The Battle Over Sexual Assault is the ‘Civil Rights Movement of Our Time’, May 15, 2014, Time magazine, Gloria Allred http://time.com/100055/campus-sexual-assault-gloria-allred/,

“The lawyer Gloria Allred, a longtime master of the press conference.”

December 6, 2014, The Very Private Jill Kelley, New Republic, Jeffrey Rosen, January 27, 2013 http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112206/jill-kelley-interview-david-petraeus-pen-pal-crusader,
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Gloria Allred Quotes about women

“Gloria Allred is a feminist attorney who has tried numerous cases to advance women's rights.”

[Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics, Lynne E. Ford, 27, Allred, Gloria (Gloria Rachel Allred), 2008, 978-0816054916, Facts on File Library of American History, Facts on File]
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“Gloria Allred is a feminist lawyer and partner in the Los Angeles Law Firm of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg. She is well known for representing victims in women’s rights, sexual harassment, and Title IX cases.”

December 6, 2014, Gloria Allred, May 15, 2014, Time magazine, Time staff http://time.com/100055/campus-sexual-assault-gloria-allred/,
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