Phyllis Schlafly Quotes

Phyllis McAlpin Schlafly was an American constitutional lawyer and conservative activist. She was known for her staunchly conservative social and political views, her opposition to feminism and abortion, and her successful campaign against the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Her 1964 book, A Choice Not an Echo, a polemic push-back against Republican leader Nelson Rockefeller, sold more than three million copies. She co-authored books on national defense and was highly critical of arms control agreements with the former Soviet Union. Schlafly founded the conservative interest group Eagle Forum in 1972 and remained its chairperson and CEO until her death.

✵ 15. August 1924 – 5. September 2016
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Famous Phyllis Schlafly Quotes

“When will American men learn how to stand up to the nagging by the intolerant, uncivil feminists whose sport is to humiliate men?”

Feminists On The Warpath Get Their Man, Phyllis Schlafly Columns, 2007-03-30, Schlafly, Phyllis, 2005-02-16 http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2005/feb05/05-02-16.html,

“Non-criminal sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for the virtuous woman except in the rarest of cases.”

[United States Senate, 1981, Sex Discrimination in the Workplace, 1981: Hearings Before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, GPO, 400, http://books.google.com/books?id=R7rhs0j5usMC&vid=0RN4WJjHbWpBe0fVoGYCgPj&dq=schlafly+congress+1981++virtuous&q=%22a+problem+for+the+virtuous+woman%22&pgis=1#search]

Phyllis Schlafly Quotes about women

“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.”

The Equal Rights Amendment Falters, and Phyllis Schlafly Is the Velvet Fist Behind the Slowdown, People Magazine, 1975-04-28, 2013-06-11 http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20065183,00.html,

“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.”

Women Don't Belong In Ground Combat, Phyllis Schlafly Columns, 2007-03-30, Schlafly, Phyllis, 2005-06-01 http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2005/june05/05-06-01.html,

“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.”

Cultural Conservatism and the Religious Right https://www.c-span.org/video/?c3858491/phyllis-schlafly, C-SPAN.org (April 4, 2012)

“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.”

Schlafly: Hatred of Men Gave Rise to UVA Rape Story, Paul Bremmer, WND, 2014-12-10, 2014-12-15 http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/schlafly-hatred-of-men-gave-rise-to-uva-rape-story/,

Phyllis Schlafly Quotes

“The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom.”

Time to End the Censorship, Phyllis Schlafly Columns, 2007-03-30, Schlafly, Phyllis, 2004-12-29 http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2004/dec04/04-12-29.html,

“ERA means abortion funding, means homosexual privileges, means whatever else.”

[Beth, Fouhy, http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/08/25/fouhy.maloney/, A new version of the ERA, CNN.com, 1999-08-25, 2007-03-30]

“People think that child-support enforcement benefits children, but it doesn't.”

Federal Incentives Make Children Fatherless, Phyllis Schlafly Columns, 2007-03-30, Schlafly, Phyllis, 2005-05-11 http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2005/may05/05-05-11.html,

“Many professors are Marxists or other varieties of radicals who hate America.”

[Schlafly, Phyllis, 2005, April, Feminist Mischief on College Campuses, Phyllis Schlafly Report, 38, 9, http://www.eagleforum.org/psr/2005/apr05/psrapr05.html, 2007-03-30]

“Driver's licenses are a crucial national security issue.”

Driver's Licenses For Illegals?, Phyllis Schlafly Columns, 2007-03-30, Schlafly, Phyllis, 2005-04-20 http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2005/apr05/05-04-20.html,

“Trump is the only hope to defeat the Kingmakers. Because everybody else will fall in line. The Kingmakers have so much money behind them.”

Exclusive–Phyllis Schlafly Makes the Case for President Trump: 'Only Hope to Defeat the Kingmakers', Julia Hahn, Breitbart, 2016-01-10, 2016-09-06 http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/10/phyllis-schlafly-makes-the-case-for-president-trump/,

“By getting married, the woman has consented to sex, and I don't think you can call it rape.”

[J.T., Leonard, http://www.sunjournal.com/story/205234-3/LewistonAuburn/Schlafly_cranks_up_agitation_at_Bates/, Schlafly cranks up agitation at Bates, Sun Journal, 2007-03-29, 2007-03-30]

“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.”

[Schlafly, Phyllis, 2004, September, Activist Judges Rule for Special Interests, Phyllis Schlafly Report, 38, 2, http://www.eagleforum.org/psr/2004/sept04/psrsept04.html, 2007-03-30]

“The atomic bomb is a marvelous gift that was given to our country by a wise God.”

Quoted in Women are the Best Warmakers, Raymond Coffey, The Day, New London, Connecticut, 1982-07-08 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6RIhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P3UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5075,1148166&dq=the-atomic-bomb-is-a-marvelous-gift&hl=en,

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