Andrea Dworkin

"The revolution will not be comfortable."

"To question is to begin liberation."

"We carry within us the possibility of transformation."

"Art is how we make meaning from suffering."

"Our dreams are not selfish; they are necessary."

"The system requires our silence; speaking is resistance."

"We are worthy of the same freedoms we grant to others."

"Compassion without action is empty sentiment."

"We must build communities where no one is disposable."

"The future is not predetermined; we create it together."

"Integrity means living according to our deepest values."

"We inherit the strength of those who survived before us."

"To claim our humanity is to claim our freedom."

"Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter."

"Women are not born; they are made. And the making of women never stops."

"Intellectual freedom is the only guarantee of a scientific truth-seeking process."

"In order to be free, you have to learn to say no to the forces that dominate you."

"The only promise the future holds is revolution; the only hope, the lives of the despised."

"A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead of the poor."

"One cannot live on the same terms as a master; one cannot be in a situation of equality with a master."

"Privacy is not something that I'm willing to give up."

"Heterosexuality is not a natural preference but a political institution."

"The great religions have used the name of God to justify violence and oppression."

"Language has power; the words we use construct reality itself."

"Women must learn to play the game as men do."

"To be human, especially female, is to be in a personal political situation."

"The will to dominate is so strong that it permeates all levels of human interaction."

"Memory is a form of resistance when all else fails."

"Art has always been the free man's first privilege."

"Beauty is used as a weapon against women's liberation."