We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
ANGELA DAVISIf they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
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It’s my body and I have the right to do whatever I want to do with it. So does every other female on this planet.
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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 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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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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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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Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.
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Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
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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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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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The only weapons that make me dangerous are my mind, mouth and pride, which will surely educate you.
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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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To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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