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.
ANGELA DAVISWe have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
More Angela Davis Quotes
-
-
I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
ANGELA DAVIS -
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?
ANGELA DAVIS -
In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
ANGELA DAVIS -
Radical simply means “grasping things at the root.
ANGELA DAVIS -
No march, movement, or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners in this quest for equality can be considered a positive step.
ANGELA DAVIS -
Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
ANGELA DAVIS -
Equal pay for women has always been an issue, eventhough we all know women work 10x harder than most men do.
ANGELA DAVIS -
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 DAVIS -
I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
ANGELA DAVIS -
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.
ANGELA DAVIS -
Discrimination based on skin color, sexual orientation,& gender needs to stop. We’re all humans at the end of the day.
ANGELA DAVIS -
Walls turned sideways are bridges.
ANGELA DAVIS -
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 DAVIS -
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
ANGELA DAVIS -
What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
ANGELA DAVIS