I hate war, and I hate having to struggle. I honestly do because I wish I had been born into a world where it was unnecessary.
ASSATA SHAKURIt 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.
More Assata Shakur Quotes
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If we are not committed to saving this earth we will be buying designer air filters and gas masks.
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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 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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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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We’re living in a very tricky world, and unless we become analytical and expose the tricknology, people will become sucked into that. It is very easy, it is very, very easy.
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The first part of planning is to believe that you can put that plan into practice.
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Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.
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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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Only the strong go crazy. The weak just go along.
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No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.
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Hip Hop can be a very powerful weapon to help expand young people’s political and social consciousness.
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We usually reach success by putting the simple truths that we know 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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We are pregnant with freedom.
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