Andrea Dworkin

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

"The real issues are the ones that concern all of us, all of humanity."

"One cannot be a feminist and not understand that to be a lesbian is to be politically committed."

"Respect for human dignity must be maintained even in the face of injustice."

"A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."

"The state is a patriarchal institution that enforces male dominance."

"To acknowledge that one's country is systematically wrong is the beginning of wisdom."

"Despair is the resource of those who do not yet understand the possibilities of action."

"Civil disobedience is a cornerstone of justice when laws themselves are unjust."

"The most important thing is to recognize one's own oppression."

"Literature that does not challenge the status quo merely perpetuates it."

"Fear is the primary tool of oppression throughout history."

"The human spirit is capable of extraordinary transformation."

"Education is both a privilege and a responsibility to others."

"One must be willing to sacrifice personal comfort for collective freedom."

"History is written by those who have the power to define it."

"Resistance is the only honorable response to tyranny."

"The personal is political; there can be no separation."

"Consciousness precedes revolution; one must understand before one can act."

"Money is power, and power is used to maintain the status quo."

"The body is a site of political struggle and social meaning."

"Violence against women is normalized by the culture around us."

"True friendship requires radical honesty and vulnerability."

"The imagination is our most dangerous tool for transformation."

"Justice delayed is a betrayal of those who suffer."

"To survive is to resist; to resist is to create meaning."

"The strongest people are often those society considers most vulnerable."

"Patience with injustice is complicity with injustice."

"Words have consequences that echo through time and across cultures."

"The work of justice is never finished; each generation must take it up anew."