You think you're being broken but you're really being broken open...and that's where the healing happens, in those broken places...if you'll allow it.
Jane FondaRead
To make the revolution in the United States is a slow day by day job that requires patience and discipline. It is the only way to make it. . . . All I know is that despite the fact that I am one of the people who benefit from a capitalist society, I find that any system which exploits other people cannot and should not exist.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Making significant change takes time, patience, and determination, especially when addressing societal issues.
Jane Fonda emphasizes that achieving a revolution, particularly in the context of societal and systemic changes, is not an immediate process but instead requires persistent effort, discipline, and a commitment to justice. She acknowledges the benefits she derives from the current capitalist system while expressing a moral opposition to any system that exploits individuals, highlighting the ethical imperative for change.
Themes
RevolutionChangePatienceDisciplineJustice
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in discussions about social justice during a community meeting.
More from Jane Fonda
All quotes →When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.
Jane FondaRead
I was in my mid-40s. I was a bulimic, and I realized if I continue with this addiction of mine, I will not be able to continue doing my life. The older you get the more damage it does; it takes longer to recover from a binge. And it was very hard.
Jane FondaRead
I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing 9 to 5 was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it’s so rarely in the hands of women.
Jane FondaRead
Some people are surprised that the Republicans are waging a war on women, or that they voted against equal pay for women. I'm not surprised at all. In some ways, it may be a good thing. They're defending the patriarchy, which is a wounded beast! And wounded beasts are always dangerous.
Jane FondaRead
Namby-pamby little routines that don't speed up your heartbeat and make you sweat aren't worth your while.
Jane FondaRead
Similar quotes
Each reform, therefore, improving the economical and political situation of the workers proves to be an arm that increases the energy with which the proletarian struggle of classes is fought.
Clara ZetkinRead
While law-abiding Muslims are forced to hide in their homes, and animal-rights activists are labeled as terrorists for undercover filming of abusive treatment at factory farms, right-wing hate groups are free to organize, parade, arm themselves to the hilt and murder with chilling regularity. It’s time for our society to confront this very real threat.
Amy GoodmanRead
I became vegan because I saw footage of what really goes on in the slaughterhouses and on the dairy farms.
Ellen DegeneresRead
A significant portion of the earth's population will soon recognize, if they haven't already done so, that humanity is now faced with a stark choice: Evolve or die.
Eckhart TolleRead
People who bring transformative change have courage, know how to re-frame the problem and have a sense of urgency.
Malcolm GladwellRead
I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion. The truth of the mater is that hierarchy and violence can't be remedied by more hierarchy and violence. The end doesn't justify the means, the means we choose decide the end we get. The means are the end.
Gloria SteinemRead