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I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless, heartless, robots who protect them and their property.

Assata Shakur

Black people will never be free unless black women participate in every aspect of our struggle, on every level of our struggle.
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Black Lives Matter Level Participation People Struggle Women Power
We’re taught at such an early age to be against the communists, yet most of us don’t have the faintest idea what communism is. Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is.
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Age Community Enemy Fools Ideas Teaching
It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.
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Duty Each Other Fight Freedom Lose Love Support Win
I believe in living, I believe in birth, I believe in the sweat of love and in the fire of truth and I believe that a lost ship, steered by tired, sea sick sailors, can still be guided home to port.
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Believe Birth Fire Home Live Love Sailor Ship Sweat Truth
We need to be weapons of mass construction, weapons of mass love. It’s not enough just to change the system. We need to change ourselves.
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Change Construction Love Ourselves System Weapon
If we are not committed to saving this earth we will be buying designer air filters and gas masks.
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Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is – never let your enemies choose your enemies for you.
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The first part of planning is to believe that you can put that plan into practice.
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If you’re deaf, dumb, and blind to what’s happening in the world, you’re under no obligation to do anything. But if you know what’s happening and you don’t do anything but sit on your ass, then you’re nothing but a punk.
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Blind Deaf Dumb Obligation World
Black revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. Shaped by our oppression.
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Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill in the leader role.
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A revolutionary woman can’t have no reactionary man. If he’s not about liberation, if he’s not about struggle, if he ain’t about building a strong Black family, if he ain’t about building a strong Black nation, then he ain’t about nothing.
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Liberty Man Nation Reaction Revolution Struggle Woman
We usually reach success by putting the simple truths that we know into practice.
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Practice Success Truth
The methods of peaceful protests are not capable of being effective, because in reality most people pay little attention to things that are not abrasive.
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Where there is oppression, there will be resistance.
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This planet is a wonderful place, but a vulnerable place.
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I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless, heartless, robots who protect them and their property.

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