You only trust those who are absolutely like yourself, those who have signed a pledge of allegiance to this particular identity.
Judith ButlerThe violence of language consists in its effort to capture the ineffable and, hence, to destroy it, to seize hold of that which must remain elusive for language to operate as a living thing.
Judith ButlerGenocide is not a legitimate option. It's not ok to decide that an entire population has no right to live in the world. No matter whether these relationships are very proximate or very distant, there is no entitlement to expunge a population or to demean its basic humanity.
Judith ButlerTo operate within the matrix of power is not the same as to replicate uncritically relations of domination.
Judith Butler