Selma James Quotes

• Having the children you want, not having the children you don't want but in order to do that you have to have the right to abortion and the right to pay equity, those two give you choice. One or the other does not.

  Selma James

  Children, Order, Two

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• We have needed to define ourselves by reclaiming the words that define us. They have used language as weapons. When we open ourselves to what they say and how they say it, our narrow prejudices evaporate and we are nourished and armed.

  Selma James

  Prejudice, Weapons, Language

  Selma James (1983). “The ladies and the mammies: Jane Austen & Jean Rhys”, Falling Wall Pr

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• Revolutions are notorious for allowing even non-participants -- even women! -- new scope for telling the truth since they are themselves such massive moments of truth, moments of such massive participation.

  Selma James

  Revolution, Telling The Truth, Rebellious

  Selma James (1983). “The ladies and the mammies: Jane Austen & Jean Rhys”, Falling Wall Pr

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• It is not women's fault if we are so tender. It is in the nature of the lives we live. And further, it would be a terrible catastrophe if men had to live men's lives and women's also. Which is precisely what has happened today -- to women.

  Selma James

  Women, Would Be, Today

  Selma James (1983). “The ladies and the mammies: Jane Austen & Jean Rhys”, Falling Wall Pr

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• The United States is in many ways the biggest ghetto in the world.

  Selma James

  Ghetto, United States, World

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