We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
ANGELA DAVISI am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery – did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.
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It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.
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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
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The campaign against the death penalty has been – while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.
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You can’t criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
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Consent needs to be present in order for it not to be considered rape. “No” means No & guys need to understand that.
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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.
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I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
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As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people’s struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism.
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Justice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.
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Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo – obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.
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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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