Politics Quotes

"Revolution is the only form of political action that can effect fundamental change."

"Resentment is not a political strategy."

"To be a person is to be a political being."

"Patriarchy is not a conspiracy; it is a system that benefits from invisibility."

"Single-issue politics often fails those who navigate multiple marginalized identities."

"The exclusion of Black women from feminist discourse mirrors broader patterns of marginalization."

"Exclusion from movements for justice perpetuates the very systems we seek to dismantle."

"Movements that fail to account for intersectionality inevitably abandon their most vulnerable members."

"Intersectionality is a reminder that the personal is political and the political is personal."

"We must insist on a feminism, an anti-racism, a movement for justice that includes us all."

"Patriarchy is a political/social system that insists that males are inherently dominating."

"The revolution will not be televised; it will be lived."

"Men's dominance is the most stubborn system of power in the world."

"Inequality is not natural; it is imposed and maintained by force."

"The personal is political; privacy shields abuse and exploitation."

"Loyalty to women's liberation supersedes loyalty to men and institutions."

"Indifference to women's suffering is how patriarchy perpetuates itself."

"A woman's refusal is her most radical political act."

"The institutions that claim to protect women often protect male interests."

"Real feminism is not about inclusion in patriarchy; it is about dismantling it."

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

"The personal is political, and the political must become personal."

"I think of abolition as the end of the carceral state."

"The personal is always already political."

"The revolution will not be tweeted; it will be lived."

"The problem that has no name is the dissatisfaction of American women with their prescribed roles as housewives and mothers."

"Feminism is about expanding options, not limiting them."

"The future of feminism depends on women's continued commitment to equality."

"The personal is political, and the political must become personal in the struggle for liberation."

"The body is political terrain where power relations are constantly enacted."