All Sonia Johnson Quotes
- It's funny how heterosexuals have lives and the rest of us have "lifestyles." Funny
- We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of… Change
- We don't need someone to show us the ropes. We are the ones we've been waiting for. Deep inside us we know the feelings we… Been
- What we resist persists. Inspirational
- Women cannot serve two masters at once who are urgently beaming antithetical orders.... Either we believe in patriarchy the rule of men over women -… Antithetical
- All bonafide revolutions are of necessity revolutions of the spirit. All
- Language, as symbol, determines much of the nature and quality of our experience. Determine
- How desperately we wish to maintain our trust in those we love! In the face of everything, we try to find reasons to trust. Because… Desperately
- One of the basic tenets of radical feminism is that any woman in the world has more in common with any other woman regardless of… Age
- In our patriarchal world, we are all taught - whether we like to think we are or not - that God, being male, values maleness… All
- There has been only one war fought literally worldwide, affecting every living thing, and that has been men's all-out, non-stop, millennia-long war against women, a… Abatement
- It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary. Audacious
- What we have most to fear is failure of the heart. Failure
- One of my favorite fantasies is that next Sunday not one single woman, in any country of the world, will go to church. If women… Any
- Freedom is necessary for honesty, honesty for integrity, integrity for power, power for creativity, and all of them for intimacy. All
- A friend said to me, 'Be glad for your troubles - they strengthen you.' Well, if that's the truth, I'm going to be so strong… Beat
- I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for. Ask
- I'm one of the few people in this world who can do anything I choose. I can't tell you how good I'm feeling. Choose
- In our home we grew up thinking we were Mormons first and human beings second. Beings
- The mid-life crisis hits men harder than women. Crisis
- Women have to risk civil disobedience for their rights. Civil
- Obviously, the anti-ERA people are tickled about my ordeal because it proves that the ERA breaks up families. When they point out that feminism is… Anti
- So long as we think dugout canoes are the only possibility-all that is real or can be real-we will never see the ship, we will… All
- I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name as beautiful as the… Amendment