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> [What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/what-we-really-need-to-be-understanding-is-that-all-of-these-things/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

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## More by Anita Hill

> [It would have been more comfortable to remain silent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/it-would-have-been-more-comfortable-to-remain-silent/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

> [Telling the world is the most difficult experience of my life, but it is very close to having to live through the experience that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/telling-the-world-is-the-most-difficult-experience-of-my-life-but-it/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

> [we need to turn the question around to look at the harasser, not the target. We need to be sure that we can go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/we-need-to-turn-the-question-around-to-look-at-the-harasser-not-the/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

> [Most women who are harassed don't come forward, they don't complain because they're skeptical of the process, or they don't think anything is going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/most-women-who-are-harassed-don-t-come-forward-they-don-t-complain/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

> [I became the messenger who had to be killed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/i-became-the-messenger-who-had-to-be-killed/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

> [If I can mean to people - if I can symbolize the ability to pursue gender equality, racial equality, and to be truthful about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/if-i-can-mean-to-people-if-i-can-symbolize-the-ability-to-pursue/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

> [The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/the-real-problem-is-that-the-way-that-power-is-given-out-in-our/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

> [When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/when-i-think-of-what-has-happened-in-a-larger-sense-beyond-myself/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

> [I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/i-have-no-personal-vendetta-against-clarence-thomas-i-seek-only-to/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

> [I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/i-was-aware-however-that-telling-at-any-point-in-my-career-could/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

> [I see myself as an educator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/i-see-myself-as-an-educator/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

> [The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/the-experience-of-testifying-and-the-aftermath-have-changed-my-life/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

> [What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/what-we-really-need-to-be-understanding-is-that-all-of-these-things/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

> [I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/i-resent-the-idea-that-people-would-blame-the-messenger-for-the/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

> [calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-hill/calls-for-equal-treatment-are-often-seen-as-calls-for-special/)

[Anita Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-hill/)

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