Patience is a virtue demanded of the powerless; the powerful... - Shulamith Firestone

"Patience is a virtue demanded of the powerless; the powerful can afford to be impatient."

Shulamith Firestone Patience

Feminist Theorist, Activist American 1945–2012

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"The personal is political."

"Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We're not inherently anything but human."

"The nuclear family must be destroyed, and people must find better ways of living together."

"Love is the pivot of the world."

"Patience is a virtue I'm still learning."

"I may be a redhead, but I'm not a hothead."

"Patience is a virtue."

"Patience is a virtue I never learned."