Identity Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“Identity politics is universally attractive because it enables failures and weaknesses to be spun as the products of oppression and historical injustice. Personal responsibility…

— Milo Yiannopoulos

“Politics is personal—hating it is to deny a piece of your own identity.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“To me it’s also talking about how it’s okay to have your own identity in the face of all this pressure to have some…

— Sheila Heti

I'm not a big fan of identity politics and sort of picking one thing and defining yourself with it.

— Andrej Pejic

“When people have awful ideas about your identity, that's just the way it will stay no matter what you do.”

— Matthew Quick

“Its impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.”

— Orson Scott Card Ender's Game

“Politics is all about showing you have integrity—and hiding the fact that you really don’t have any.”

— Jarod Kintz

Identity politics are wearisome; you don't want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer.

— Emma Donoghue

“The politics of trans-identity seeks to move from the _politics of singular identity_ to the _politics of multiple solidarities_ across various identities without abandoning…

— Namsoon Kang

When folks say 'identity politics' don't matter, it simply reinforces the norm of a white, middle-class, cis narrative and further marginalizes the rest of…

— Patrisse Cullors

“Identity negates possibility, denies openness to other life. Identity kills, both metaphorically and very, very literally.”

— John Holloway

“Identity does not grow out of action until it has taken root in belonging.”

— Charles Martin