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.
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.
More Angela Davis Quotes
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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
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History always seems to repeat itself.
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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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If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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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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I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
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I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
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We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
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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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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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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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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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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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