Manal al-Sharif Quotations

Women want to drive and they are taking actual steps towards that.

Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.

Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies?

We won't stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman,

The rain begins with a single drop.

A child cannot be free if his/her mother is not free. A husband cannot be free if his wife is not free. The society is nothing if women are nothing.

It took me a long, long time to break the chains that's inside me.

All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'

When women break that taboo and they're not afraid to drive that car by herself - that's it. Now she has the guts to speak up for herself and take action.