Being in Cuba has allowed me to live in a society that is not at war with itself. There is a sense… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
For me personally Cuba has been a healing state. When I first got here I had no sense that I had to… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
The real reason Cuba poses a threat has nothing to do with my being here or anyone else being here. It's because… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
My fantasy of Cuba was that everybody was going to be going around looking like Fidel, with green uniforms - and it… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Cuba has its own moral system and priorities. That's what keeps it going, the belief that the country can control its own… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I trust Cuba as a principled country. Cuba's strength is that it has been steadfast in its commitment to the principles of… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Tourism has affected Cuba, because tourists come and they bring racist, sexist ideas. They bring a whole vision that there are rich… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
A lot of contemporary American culture makes its way to this county. Cuba is not some gray, isolated backwater. This is a… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I worked, studied, mothered and continued to be an activist. I found that Cuba was much different from the US; its government… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I'm truly blessed, because many of my friends come to Cuba. They like it here-they can relax and not worry about drive-by… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
The U.S. doesn't recognize the laws of Cuba. They can kidnap anybody and bring them back to the States to face the… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I miss friends and family. If it weren't for visits from old friends and other African Americans I meet who come to… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
There is a down side to everything if you don't understand what the consequences of what you are saying in your music you could… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
My energy just couldn’t stop dancing. I was caught up in the music of struggle, and i wanted to dance. — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I am a Black revolutionary woman, and because of this i have been charged with and accused of every alleged crime in which a… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Imperialism is the underlying motor of racism. The underlying reason that racism keeps on being promoted in all of its various forms. — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
In the long run, the people are our only appeal. The only ones who can free us are ourselves. — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I think anybody who is honestly struggling against racism must struggle against imperialism and vice versa. — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I think that people who want to change this planet have to seriously understand that as human beings we have to work to be… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
If the U.S. succeeds in destroying the revolution, my status will be like that of most Cubans: I'll be up a creek without a… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
There's something nice about being able to go to sleep at night saying "You know, tomorrow I'm gonna get up and I'm gonna do… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
And if I know anything at all, it's that a wall is just a wall and nothing more at all. It can be broken… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
