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.
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.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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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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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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It’s my body and I have the right to do whatever I want to do with it. So does every other female on this planet.
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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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We should seek out all the doors which still remain ajar, however slight the opening might be.
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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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Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.
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Sometimes 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.
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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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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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I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
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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.
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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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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 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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