60 Quotes by Florynce Kennedy

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

Oppressed people are frequently very oppressive when first liberated. They know but two positions: somebody’s foot on their neck or their foot on somebody’s neck.

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.

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.

When a system of oppression has become institutionaliz ed it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.

I’m just a loud-mouthed middle-aged colored lady with a fused spine and three feet of intestines missing and a lot of people think I’m crazy. Maybe you do too, but I never stop to wonder why I’m not like other people. The mystery to me is why more people aren’t like me.