Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.
ANGELA DAVISRadical simply means “grasping things at the root.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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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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We should seek out all the doors which still remain ajar, however slight the opening might be.
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Progressive art can assist people to learn what’s at work in the society in which they live.
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Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.
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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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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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Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.
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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
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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?
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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 can’t criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
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It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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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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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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History always seems to repeat itself.
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