There's a difference between Vaselining the rapee and catching the rapist. Florynce Kennedy More Quotes by Florynce Kennedy More Quotes From Florynce Kennedy The question arises whether all lawyers are the same. This is like asking whether everything that gets into a sewer is garbage. Florynce Kennedy garbagelawyerasking I think we should look forward to death more than we do. Of course everybody hates to go to bed or miss anything, but dying is really the only chance we'll get to rest. Florynce Kennedy hatedeaththinking Women are dirt searchers; their greatest worth is irradicating rings on collars and tables. Never mind real-estate boards' corruption and racism, here's your soapsuds. Everything she is doing is peripheral, expendable, crucial, and non-negotiable. Cleanliness is next to godliness. Florynce Kennedy realracismmind What you must understand is oppression does not end with the niggers. It does not end with the poor people, it doesn't end with the women, or the pregnant women. It goes on up the line to the executive who has his bag searched in the airport. Florynce Kennedy airportsdoepeople ... anybody with the brains and energy to become a teacher ought to want to become something better. Florynce Kennedy ambitionbrainteacher Countermovements among racists and sexists and nazifiers are just as relentless as dirt on a coffee table. . . . Every housewife knows that if you don't sooner or later dust . . . the whole place will be dirty again. Florynce Kennedy coffeepeacedirty Now, see there. Just because I'm wearing my Super-Dike sweatshirt, you think I'm a lesbian. I guess if I were wearing a string of pearls, you'd think I was an oyster. Florynce Kennedy oysterspearlsthinking The spending of our tax dollars by the Pentagon represents the greatest social disease of our country; I call it Pentagonorrhea. Florynce Kennedy dollarsdiseasecountry At my age...I'm going to do what I want and I haven't got time for anything else. Florynce Kennedy agewanttime Being a mother is a noble status, right? Right. So why does it change when you put 'unwed' or 'welfare' in front of it? Florynce Kennedy noblemotherdoe Niggerization is the result of oppression -- and it doesn't just apply to the black people. Old people, poor people, and students can also get niggerized. Florynce Kennedy minoritiesblackpeople I never stop to wonder why I'm not like other people. They mystery to me is why more people aren't like me. Florynce Kennedy self-respectself-esteempeople Don't agonise, organise. Florynce Kennedy teacher Everybody's scared for their ass. There aren't too many people ready to die for racism. They'll kill for racism but they won't die for racism. Florynce Kennedy racistracismpeople Any woman who still thinks marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition is only proving that she doesn't understand either men or percentages. Florynce Kennedy fiftymenthinking Unless you are political or intellectual, events like the Depression are seen as personal events. We thought of the Depression as something that made the pipes freeze; we thought it hit us because Daddy didn't move his taxi stand and because he broke his hip. It was only later I found out it was a national phenomenon. Florynce Kennedy daddydepressionmoving I think unity is a mistake.... If I were the Establishment and had the big loaded guns of the various oppressive institutions....I would much prefer to see one lion come through the door than 500 mice. Florynce Kennedy gunmistakethinking Trying to help an oppressed person is like trying to put your arm around somebody with a sunburn. Florynce Kennedy armshelpingtrying
