Florynce Kennedy Quotes

Everybody's scared for their ass. There aren't too many people ready to die for racism. They'll kill for racism but they won't die for racism.

Any woman who still thinks marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition is only proving that she doesn't understand either men or percentages.

At my age ... I'm going to do what I want and I haven't got time for anything else.

Unity in a movement situation is overrated. If you were the Establishment, which would you rather see coming in the door, five hundred mice or one lion?

True revolutionary activity, in my opinion, is that which hurts the establishment without undue damage to the person who does the revolutionary act. You see.

If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.

You can't dump one cup of sugar into the ocean and expect to get syrup. If everybody sweetened her own cup of water, then things would begin to change.

Women are dirt searchers; their greatest worth is irradicating rings on collars and tables. Never mind real-estate boards' corruption and racism, here's your soapsuds. Everything she is doing is peripheral, expendable, crucial, and non-negotiable. Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Here I am a woman attorney being told I can't practice law in slacks by a judge dressed in drag.

[When asked by a male heckler, "Are you a lesbian?"]
Are you my alternative?

Niggerization is the result of oppression
and it doesn't just apply to the black people. Old people, poor people, and students can also get niggerized.

When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.

Unity in a Movement situation can be overrated. If you were the Establishment, which would you rather see coming in the door: one lion or five hundred mice?

A liberation struggle is like a struggle against dirt. No matter what type of bath you takein three weeks you'll smell like you've never seen a bathtub. What we don't understand about a liberation struggle is you never win it, any more than you "win" clean dishes. As soon as you eat on them, the dishes are dirty again.

I know we're termites. But if all the termites got together, the house would fall down.

Countermovements among racists and sexists and nazifiers are just as relentless as dirt on a coffee table ... Every housewife knows that if you don't sooner or later dust ... the whole place will be dirty again.

Prostitutes don't sell their bodies, they rent their bodies. Housewives sell their bodies when they get married ...

You've got to rattle your cage door. You've got to let them know that you're in there, and that you want out. Make noise. Cause trouble. You may not win right away, but you'll sure have a lot more fun.

A lot of people get upset when you say 'shit' or something like that. But do you realize that almost our entire country sat still while they barbecued people in Los Angeles, firebombed a house, burned the people to death? …and you see, this is part of the pathology of people who are so sensitive to some kinds of stylistic offensiveness, and so callous to real cruelty and brutality.

The question arises whether all lawyers are the same. This is like asking whether everything that gets into a sewer is garbage.

I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.

I never stop to wonder why I'm not like other people. They mystery to me is why more people aren't like me.

There are very few jobs that actually require a penis or vagina. All other jobs should be open to everybody.