"To emancipate woman is to refuse to confine……" — Simone de Beauvoir
"To emancipate woman is to refuse to confine her to the relations she bears to man, not to deny them to her; let her have her independent existence and she will continue nonetheless to exist for him also: mutually recognising each other as subject, each will yet remain for the other an other...when we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy that it implies, then the 'division' of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form."
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Simone de Beauvoir
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206 Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir
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Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
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Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.
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In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.
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All oppression creates a state of war.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would…
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A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity,…
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We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals?
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The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and…
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Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.
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All the legislation in the world will not abolish kissing.
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If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man…
— James Madison
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When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the…
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Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.
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If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed.
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