Politics Quotes

"The straight mind denies women's reality."

"The personal act is political."

"We are all implicated in the reproduction of the systems we critique"

"Every boundary is a political achievement"

"Every network is an asymmetrical distribution of power"

"The acceleration of time is not neutral; it is a political and social phenomenon."

"I believe that what we are struggling with, what we have to come to terms with in America, is the fact that we are not a white country."

"Patriarchy requires violence or the subliminal threat of violence."

"The personal is political."

"Heterosexuality is not a 'preference' but a political institution."

"Radicalism is the only form of patriotism left in this country."

"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind."

"Feminism and anti-racism cannot be separated from the struggle for economic justice."

"The personal and the political are inseparable."

"The heterosexual matrix is not a monolithic structure but a hegemonic one that can be contested."

"Precariousness is not merely an existential condition but a political one."

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

"Politics begins when we acknowledge that our interests are not our own."

"The political is always already ethical, and the ethical is always already political."

"The question of how to live together is the fundamental political question."

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

"Heterosexuality is not a natural state but a political institution."

"The personal narrative is a political act."

"Identity politics is a response to the denial of identity by the powerful."

"The personal becomes political the moment it is spoken aloud."

"The lesbian movement is a movement of consciousness before it is political."

"The personal is never merely personal; it is always already political."

"The study of how things work reveals the political nature of technology."

"Understanding how things work is a political act with real consequences."

"To understand society, follow the translations and transformations of interests."