Florynce Kennedy - Social Quotes

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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.

Florynce Kennedy

People always ask if a woman can be a wife and mother and have a career at the same time. Why don't they ask if she can be a hostess, chauffeur, cook, gardener, nurse, seamstress, social secretary, purchasing agent, baby machine, and courtesan — and a wife and a mother too?

Florynce Kennedy

The spending of our tax dollars by the Pentagon represents the greatest social disease of our country; I call it Pentagonorrhea.

Florynce Kennedy

Women who say they're contented just having a nice husband and two beautiful children — fine; I'm glad. Of course, I always wonder what happens if one of the children isn't beautiful... and if the housework is so rewarding, why don't men do it, too? But this Movement isn't about getting some woman to leave her husband. It's about social justice.

Florynce Kennedy