Empathy, Imagine, Others are Going Through, Enough Courage to Do Something About It, Cornel West

“Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

System of Oppression, Institutionalized, Florynce Kennedy

"When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive." - Florynce Kennedy

Found on Brainyquote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/florynce_kennedy_397337.

Work for Somebody Else, Show Up, Rita Warford

“It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.” - Rita Warford

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 16.

Be Critical, Surface, Falsifies Reality, Degrades, Tillie Olsen

“Be critical. Women have the right to say: This is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.” - Tillie Olsen. After twenty years of transcribing other people's words, the long-suppressed author of Silences finally found her own voice.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 13.

Dominoes, Fall, Connection, Reproductive Rights, LGBTQ Rights, Women's Rights, Interracial Marriage, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel

“The dominoes have started to fall, and they won’t just stop at one. People should see the connection between reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, women’s rights, interracial marriage – these things are all connected legally.” - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, warning that Roe’s demise could lead to the overturning of other Supreme Court precedents.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2022, page 4.

Girl, Rights, Gun, Ms. Magazine

“As a girl, I just hope that one day I have as many rights as a gun.” - Sign held by an abortion-rights supporter in Kansas

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2022, page 10-11.

Let Suffering Speak, Hear the Truth, Cornel West

“You must let suffering speak, if you want to hear the truth” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.