Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
ANGELA DAVISPrisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
ANGELA DAVISHuman beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.
ANGELA DAVISRevolution 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.
ANGELA DAVISI never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
ANGELA DAVISYou have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.
ANGELA DAVISThe 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?
ANGELA DAVISTo understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
ANGELA DAVISDiscrimination based on skin color, sexual orientation,& gender needs to stop. We’re all humans at the end of the day.
ANGELA DAVISAnyway I don’t think we can rely on governments, regardless of who is in power, to do the work that only mass movements can do.
ANGELA DAVISYou can’t criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
ANGELA DAVISIn a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
ANGELA DAVISIt is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
ANGELA DAVISEqual pay for women has always been an issue, eventhough we all know women work 10x harder than most men do.
ANGELA DAVISWell 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 DAVISPoor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
ANGELA DAVISThe only weapons that make me dangerous are my mind, mouth and pride, which will surely educate you.
ANGELA DAVIS