We are never assured of justice without a fight.
ANGELA DAVISPrisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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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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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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In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
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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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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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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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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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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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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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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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To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
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