Freedom Quotes

"The work of liberation requires understanding how oppression functions differently depending on context."

"True equality requires us to acknowledge that we do not all start from the same place."

"The work of liberation is the work of understanding how different systems of oppression interconnect and reinforce each other."

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

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

"Resistance is the only honorable response to tyranny."

"To question authority is to exercise the fundamental right of thought."

"The body's autonomy is the foundation of all other freedoms."

"The test for whether you live in a police state is not whether the police are potent, it is whether you have to second-guess ordinary words."

"Women's lib is human lib."

"I would rather see a woman die in liberty than see her live in slavery."

"The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination"

"Mindfulness is the beginning of freedom"

"Imagination is resistance against oppression"

"The problem that has no name is eating the life of the female character."

"The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of women alive."

"Economic independence is the foundation of freedom for women."

"Women must break through the limiting image that has been imposed on them."

"Women must refuse to be defined by their reproductive capacity."

"Women must have the right to choose their own path in life."

"Women must reclaim their right to define their own identities."

"Women who are confined to the home are confined in every sense of the word."

"We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society."

"The work of liberation is never finished."

"I believe that all of us have the capacity to participate in the process of liberation."

"The struggle for freedom is eternal."

"We have to imagine what freedom actually looks like."

"We must create spaces where people can be their full selves."

"We cannot separate personal liberation from collective liberation."

"Economic independence is the first step toward actual freedom for any person."