Walls turned sideways are bridges.
ANGELA DAVISWe have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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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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I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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I don’t think we have any alternative other than remaining optimistic. Optimism is an absolute necessity, even if it’s only optimism of the will, as Gramsci said, and pessimism of the intellect.
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History always seems to repeat itself.
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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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I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.
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Anyway I don’t think we can rely on governments, regardless of who is in power, to do the work that only mass movements can do.
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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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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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In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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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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Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.
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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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