The lesbian is the archtypical feminist, because she's not into men - she's the independent woman par excellence.

- Kate Millett

Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.

- Kate Millett

We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.

- Kate Millett

When one group rules another, the relationship between the two is political. When such an arrangement is carried out over a long period of time it de…

- Kate Millett

A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of homosexual oppression.

- Kate Millett

The complete destruction of traditional marriage and the nuclear family is the 'revolutionary or utopian' goal of feminism.

- Kate Millett

To love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return.

- Kate Millett

Homosexuality was invented by a straight world dealing with its own bisexuality.

- Kate Millett

Perhaps patriarchy's greatest psychological weapon is simply its universality and longevity. ... Patriarchy has a still more tenacious or powerful ho…

- Kate Millett