“For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.”

“I find that those men who are personally most polite to women, who call them angels and all that, cherish in secret the greatest contempt for them.”

“The bible and the church have been the greatest stumbling block in the way of women's emancipation.”

“The saint Mirabai is the most famous of the women saints of India and can be ranked among the foremost of the mystics of the world.”

“I despise women who rely on men entirely for their own existence.”

“The gospel and the first church were never hostile to women nor treated them as minors. … When Christianity became a power or authority, this worked against women. A strange perversion, yet fully understandable when we allow that women represent precisely the most innovative elements in Christianity: grace, love, charity, a concern for living creatures, nonviolence, an interest in little things, the hope of new beginnings—the very elements that Christianity was setting aside in favor of glory and success.”

“… the greatest tyrants over women are women.”

“I am convinced that the influence of an army of godly women will be incalculable--in our homes, our churches, and our culture. Will you be one of those women?”

“Mussolini was the greatest political leader of the century.”

“Women tend to be less corrupt and more focused. There are many more great women leaders out there who need to be given a chance.”