The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.
ANGELA DAVISWell of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.
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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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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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Equal pay for women has always been an issue, eventhough we all know women work 10x harder than most men do.
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Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.
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Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.
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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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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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Feminism insists on methods of thought and action that urge us to think about things together that appear to be separate, and to disaggregate things that appear to naturally belong together.
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We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
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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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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?
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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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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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To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
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