Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery – did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.
ANGELA DAVISYou can’t criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.
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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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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.
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If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
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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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I’m suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.
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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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If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.
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History always seems to repeat itself.
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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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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
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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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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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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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