Power Quotes

"Black power means economic power, political power, and military power if necessary."

"True power comes from the control of one's own destiny."

"Control of institutions is the basis of power."

"Power is not given; it is taken by those who organize and demand it."

"The Negro must understand that he has the power to shape his own future."

"The power to change ourselves and our world exists within us."

"Intercourse remains a means through which male power is expressed and maintained."

"Men's freedom has always been built on women's unfreedom."

"The patriarchy requires our complicity; we can withdraw it."

"The right to financial independence is the right to life itself."

"The most powerful fetish in the world is the female body."

"Power concedes nothing without demand."

"Power structures don't simply disappear through awareness—they must be actively resisted and transformed."

"The resistance to acknowledging intersectionality often comes from those who benefit from compartmentalized oppression."

"The power to define problems is the power to determine which solutions are considered legitimate."

"The most dangerous activism is the kind that claims to speak for everyone while listening only to some."

"Intersectionality demands that we ask hard questions about who benefits from the status quo and why."

"Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter."

"The will to dominate is so strong that it permeates all levels of human interaction."

"A woman is a full human being."

"If you say something often enough, it becomes the truth."

"One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the world."

"Power shared is power multiplied"

"Each woman has to awaken to her own potential and her own power."

"A woman's greatest power lies in her ability to think for herself."

"A woman who knows her own mind is a threat to those who would control her."

"Our collective power lies in our ability to imagine alternatives."

"We have the power to rewrite the narratives that control us."

"Women throughout history have been told their sexuality is their power, yet punished for wielding it."

"Men's fear of female sexuality is really a fear of losing their power."