The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what’s that? The freedom to starve?
ANGELA DAVISWe are never assured of justice without a fight.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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Progressive art can assist people to learn what’s at work in the society in which they live.
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Anyway I don’t think we can rely on governments, regardless of who is in power, to do the work that only mass movements can do.
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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
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I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past.
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Sometimes we have to do the work even though we don’t yet see a glimmer on the horizon that it’s actually going to be possible.
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The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.
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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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History always seems to repeat itself.
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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.
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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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Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
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It’s true that it’s within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it’s not going to solve the problems.
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