Politics Quotes

"The personal sphere is where ideology becomes practice and practice becomes oppression."

"The tragedy of sexual politics is that women have been convinced to surrender their own authority."

"Patriarchy is the institutional expression of male dominance over women."

"The politics of the bedroom determines the politics of the world."

"The personal is not just political; the personal is fundamental."

"The female orgasm is a political act."

"Exclusion from feminism is not a side issue—it's a central problem that must be addressed."

"Single-issue politics often leaves behind those who face multiple forms of discrimination."

"The price of ignoring intersectionality is the fragmentation of our movements."

"To practice intersectionality is to practice a different kind of politics."

"The left has abandoned the working class, and the working class has abandoned the left."

"To be a woman is to be born into a political situation."

"The personal is political, and the political is intensely personal."

"Democracy requires that we engage in difficult conversations with those different from us."

"The personal is political; how we live our daily lives is a statement of values."

"To be poor is not a moral failing; poverty is a structure of inequality."

"The personal is political when women claim their own lives."

"The personal is political, and the family structure perpetuates class and gender oppression."

"The personal sphere is never separate from political structures of power."

"The struggle for women's equality is inseparable from class struggle."

"In order to perpetuate itself, every oppression must corrupt or distort those various sources of power within the culture of the oppressed that provide alternatives."

"The personal is political."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"Politics shapes our shared future."

"Women belong in the house and the Senate."

"The question 'Why are women's issues being used to create wars?' has never been adequately answered."

"A democratic woman is not my ideal, but there may be worse things."

"Political change begins with the cultivation of consciousness"

"The problem that has no name is being treated as a personal problem rather than a social issue."

"Women who pursued careers were told they abandoned their true nature."