The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
BELL HOOKSClass is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.
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I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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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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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
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Love is really more of an interactive process. It’s about what we do not just what we feel. It’s a verb, not a noun.
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If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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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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Patriarchy has no gender.
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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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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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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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