Occupation: Lawyer Birth: February 11, 1916 Death: December 22, 2000
A liberation struggle is like a struggle against dirt. No matter what type of bath you takein three weeks you'll smell like you've never seen a batht….
I'm just a loud-mouthed middle-aged colored lady with a fused spine and three feet of intestines missing and a lot of people think I'm crazy. Maybe y….
I know we're termites. But if all the termites got together, the house would fall down..
I think we should look forward to death more than we do. Of course everybody hates to go to bed or miss anything, but dying is really the only chance….
At my age...I'm going to do what I want and I haven't got time for anything else..
You've got to rattle your cage door. You've got to let them know that you're in there, and that you want out. Make noise. Cause trouble. You may not ….
When a system of oppression has become institutionaliz ed it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
Freedom is like taking a bath: You got to keep doing it every day..
It's interesting to speculate how it developed that in two of the most anti-feminist institutions, the church and the law court, the men are wearing ….
Don't agonize, organize..
If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament..
I never stop to wonder why I'm not like other people. They mystery to me is why more people aren't like me..
Here I am a woman attorney being told I can't practice law in slacks by a judge dressed in drag..
The biggest sin is sitting on your ass..
There's no way that I know of to avoid pain absolutely, but suffering is the interpretation we choose to place on the pain we encounter..
Now, see there. Just because I'm wearing my Super-Dike sweatshirt, you think I'm a lesbian. I guess if I were wearing a string of pearls, you'd think….
I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear..
Unity in a Movement situation can be overrated. If you were the Establishment, which would you rather see coming in the door: one lion or five hundre….
... tobacco kills 52,000 people a year from lung cancer, and there's no telling how many lives have been ruined through drinking.But to my knowledge,….
I think unity is a mistake.... If I were the Establishment and had the big loaded guns of the various oppressive institutions....I would much prefer ….
Oppressed people are frequendy very oppressive when first liberated. And why wouldn't they be? They know best two positions. Somebody's foot on their….