Occupation: Lawyer Birth: February 11, 1916 Death: December 22, 2000
You can't dump one cup of sugar into the ocean and expect to get syrup. If everybody sweetened her own cup of water, then things would begin to chang….
The question arises whether all lawyers are the same. This is like asking whether everything that gets into a sewer is garbage..
Don't agonise, organise..
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….
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….
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..
... 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,….
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….
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 ….
I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear..
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….
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..
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..