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.
ANGELA DAVISWalls turned sideways are bridges.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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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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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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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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Prison relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.
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If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
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Discrimination based on skin color, sexual orientation,& gender needs to stop. We’re all humans at the end of the day.
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Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
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Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.
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We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia
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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 have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.
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Walls turned sideways are bridges.
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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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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
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