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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/what-you-must-understand-is-oppression-does-not-end-with-the-niggers/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

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## More by Florynce Kennedy

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/what-you-must-understand-is-oppression-does-not-end-with-the-niggers/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/women-are-dirt-searchers-their-greatest-worth-is-irradicating-rings/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

> [I know we're termites. But if all the termites got together, the house would fall down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/i-know-we-re-termites-but-if-all-the-termites-got-together-the-house/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/there-s-no-way-that-i-know-of-to-avoid-pain-absolutely-but-suffering/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

> [Unless you are political or intellectual, events like the Depression are seen as personal events. We thought of the Depression as something that made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/unless-you-are-political-or-intellectual-events-like-the-depression/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

> [“True revolutionary activity, in my opinion, is that which hurts the establishment without undue damage to the person who does the revolutionary act. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/true-revolutionary-activity-in-my-opinion-is-that-which-hurts-the/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

> [Freedom is like taking a bath: You got to keep doing it every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/freedom-is-like-taking-a-bath-you-got-to-keep-doing-it-every-day/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

> [... tobacco kills 52,000 people a year from lung cancer, and there's no telling how many lives have been ruined through drinking.But to my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/tobacco-kills-52-000-people-a-year-from-lung-cancer-and-there-s-no/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/oppressed-people-are-frequently-very-oppressive-when-first-liberated/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/everybody-s-scared-for-their-ass-there-aren-t-too-many-people-ready/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

> [I never stop to wonder why I'm not like other people. They mystery to me is why more people aren't like me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/i-never-stop-to-wonder-why-i-m-not-like-other-people-they-mystery-to/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

> [I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/i-approve-of-anyone-wearing-what-the-establishment-says-you-must-not/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

> [Nail polish or false eyelashes isn't politics. If you have good politics, what you wear is irrelevant. I don't take dictation from the pig-o-cratic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/nail-polish-or-false-eyelashes-isn-t-politics-if-you-have-good/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

> [Niggerization is the result of oppression -- and it doesn't just apply to the black people. Old people, poor people, and students can also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/niggerization-is-the-result-of-oppression-and-it-doesn-t-just-apply/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

> [... anybody with the brains and energy to become a teacher ought to want to become something better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florynce-kennedy/anybody-with-the-brains-and-energy-to-become-a-teacher-ought-to-want/)

[Florynce Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florynce-kennedy/)

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