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

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Most lawyers are like whores. They serve the client who puts the highest fee on the table. The biggest law firms serve the richest johns.

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The innocence of good people is inexcusable. Naivete is a luxury only the pigocrats can afford.

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My parents gave us a fantastic sense of security and worth. By the time the bigots got around to telling us we were nobody, we already knew we were somebody.

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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.

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Divide and conquer — that's what they try to do to any group trying to make social change. I call it D&C. Black people are supposed to turn against Puerto Ricans. Women are supposed to turn against their mothers and mothers-in-law. We're all supposed to compete with each other for the favors of the ruling class.

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Florynce Kennedy

Florynce Kennedy

Born: February 11, 1916
Died: December 22, 2000 (aged 84)
Bio: Florynce Rae "Flo" Kennedy was an American lawyer, activist, civil rights advocate, lecturer and feminist.
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