Florynce Kennedy Short Quotes

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

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When you want to get to the suites, start in the streets.
Her rule for political activism

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I may seem radical, but I'm not. I'm just a worm, turning.

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If it's a movement, I sometimes think it needs a laxative.

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Freedom is like taking a bath: You got to keep doing it every day.

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There's a difference between Vaselining the rapee and catching the rapist.

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Just because you're not feeling sick doesn't mean you should close the hospitals.

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Every form of bigotry can be found in ample supply in the legal system of our country.

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

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

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Anybody with the brains and energy to become a teacher ought to want to become something better.

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

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If you've had a broken leg, you don't get up and win the Olympics. The first step is to get out of bed.

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Most people are not taught to understand that the two o'clock orgasm leads to the three o'clock feeding.

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We criticize each other instead of the oppressor because it's less dangerous. The oppressor fights back.

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

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

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Okay, roses are beautiful, fragrant, and desirable. But how much shit should you have to walk over to get one rose?

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Being a mother is a noble status, right? Right. So why does it change when you put 'unwed' or 'welfare' in front of it?

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As the struggle intensifies, the oppressor tends to pick more attractive agents — frequently from among the oppressed.

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When you spit on someone at a cocktail party, you don't want to drown him. You just want to let him know you don't like him.

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

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Going in and out of a closet, your mind is on what you really want in there. But the minute the door locks, all you want is out.

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

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If the ass is protecting the system, ass-kicking should be undertaken regardless of the sex, ethnicity, or charm of the ass involved.

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There's no way that I know of to avoid pain absolutely, but suffering is the interpretation we choose to place on the pain we encounter.

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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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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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I don't practice law much anymore. Even if you're honest, the law is still a one-ass-at-a-time proposition — and what we have to do is stop the wringer.

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