No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.
ASSATA SHAKURWe’re living in a very tricky world, and unless we become analytical and expose the tricknology, people will become sucked into that. It is very easy, it is very, very easy.
More Assata Shakur Quotes
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Black revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. Shaped by our oppression.
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I believe in life. And I have seen the death parade.
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This planet is a wonderful place, but a vulnerable place.
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If we are not committed to saving this earth we will be buying designer air filters and gas masks.
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I don’t have to live up to that Superwoman myth. I can cry and be human and lean on people who take care of me. That can be very liberating.
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I believe in living, I believe in birth, I believe in the sweat of love and in the fire of truth and I believe that a lost ship, steered by tired, sea sick sailors, can still be guided home to port.
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We’re living in a very tricky world, and unless we become analytical and expose the tricknology, people will become sucked into that. It is very easy, it is very, very easy.
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I can’t do nothin except try to find cloud nine.
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The first part of planning is to believe that you can put that plan into practice.
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Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill in the leader role.
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Peace is a rare gift. Peace of mind, peaceful sleeps, and peaceful spirits are all luxuries that few rebels can ever afford.
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Only the strong go crazy. The weak just go along.
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The first part of planning is to believe that you can put that plan into practice.
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Hip Hop can be a very powerful weapon to help expand young people’s political and social consciousness.
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We are pregnant with freedom.
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