Bell Hooks

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#core #free #free speech #freedom #imperative

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#down #else #i #ignorance #life

I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#created #i #life #service #style

I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#because #began #book #felt #i

Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy? ↗

— Bell Hooks

#color #columbus #contemporary #dimensions #especially

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became a movement with its primary goal the establishment of black male patriarchy. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#begun #black #establishment #free #goal

The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#civil rights #civil rights movement #country #ethic #ever