Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.
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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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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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
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Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
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The only weapons that make me dangerous are my mind, mouth and pride, which will surely educate you.
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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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It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.
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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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If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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Justice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.
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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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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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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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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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