Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe – not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.
BELL HOOKSClass is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.
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The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.
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One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified.
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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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Living simply makes loving simple.
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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
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The people I love, I’m committed to loving for the rest of my life.
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The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic.
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What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
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