Andrea Dworkin

"The dream of equality will remain a dream if we do not act toward it."

"Real power for women means refusing to participate in their own domination."

"The revolution will be won when women can define themselves for themselves."

"The left has abandoned the working class, and the working class has abandoned the left."

"Intercourse remains a means through which male dominance is expressed and maintained."

"Women are kept down by the impression of being small, stupid, and immoral."

"Love, as we know it, is a construct built on lies about women's nature."

"The genius of patriarchy is that it has convinced women to participate in their own subordination."

"Resistance to oppression requires that we see oppression for what it truly is."

"The state is not neutral; it enforces the interests of the powerful."

"Pornography is the theory, and rape is the practice."

"Heterosexuality as an institution has never been questioned by those in power."

"Women's sexuality is not ours to express freely under patriarchy."

"The right of women to survive is not negotiable."

"Intellectual freedom depends on material freedom."

"Art created under oppression carries the marks of that oppression."

"To be a woman is to be born into a political situation."

"The rape of women is central to the maintenance of male power."

"Freedom requires the ability to refuse, to say no without consequence."

"Language itself has been weaponized against women's liberation."

"Hope is not passive; it is a revolutionary act of resistance."

"Knowledge of our oppression is the first step toward freedom."

"The personal is political, and the political is intensely personal."

"Women's anger is justified and necessary for change."

"A woman's body under patriarchy is never entirely her own."

"The law protects male dominance, not female equality."

"Survival itself becomes an act of rebellion for women."

"Truth-telling about women's condition is dangerous to those in power."

"Love has been used as a tool to keep women submissive and silent."

"The family structure as traditionally conceived perpetuates male control."