Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.
ANGELA DAVISSometimes 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.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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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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We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
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Consent needs to be present in order for it not to be considered rape. “No” means No & guys need to understand that.
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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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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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Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.
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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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Justice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.
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Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
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It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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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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Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.
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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
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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’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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