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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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Anyway 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.
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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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It’s true that it’s within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it’s not going to solve the problems.
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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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In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
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Discrimination based on skin color, sexual orientation,& gender needs to stop. We’re all humans at the end of the day.
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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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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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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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It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
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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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We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia
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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
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Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it’s perhaps far more terrible than it’s ever been.
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If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
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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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We are never assured of justice without a fight.
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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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It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.
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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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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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You can’t criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
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We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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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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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 am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
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