The campaign against the death penalty has been – while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.
ANGELA DAVISNo 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.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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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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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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Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo – obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.
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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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History always seems to repeat itself.
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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.
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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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It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
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Walls turned sideways are bridges.
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When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.
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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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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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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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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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