We usually reach success by putting the simple truths that we know into practice.
ASSATA SHAKURWe usually reach success by putting the simple truths that we know into practice.
ASSATA SHAKUREvery 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.
ASSATA SHAKURWhere there is oppression, there will be resistance.
ASSATA SHAKURI 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 SHAKURBlack people will never be free unless black women participate in every aspect of our struggle, on every level of our struggle.
ASSATA SHAKURIf 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.
ASSATA SHAKURThe methods of peaceful protests are not capable of being effective, because in reality most people pay little attention to things that are not abrasive.
ASSATA SHAKURNo 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.
ASSATA SHAKURI believe in life. And I have seen the death parade.
ASSATA SHAKURWe 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.
ASSATA SHAKURBlack revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. Shaped by our oppression.
ASSATA SHAKURI 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 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.
ASSATA SHAKURI don’t have to live up to that Superwoman myth. I can cry and be human and lean on people who take care of me. That can be very liberating.
ASSATA SHAKURPeace is a rare gift. Peace of mind, peaceful sleeps, and peaceful spirits are all luxuries that few rebels can ever afford.
ASSATA SHAKURA 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.
ASSATA SHAKUR