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> [here and there in the barrios and the favelas, among those who have least, beat hearts of hope, fly sparks of Overcoming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/here-and-there-in-the-barrios-and-the-favelas-among-those-who-have/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

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## More by Mumia Abu-Jamal

> [At the risk of quoting Mephistopheles I repeat: Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed by black robed judges.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/at-the-risk-of-quoting-mephistopheles-i-repeat-welcome-to-hell-a-hell/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

> [Do you see law and order? There is nothing but disorder, and instead of law there is the illusion of security. It is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/do-you-see-law-and-order-there-is-nothing-but-disorder-and-instead-of/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

> [The United States is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/the-united-states-is-fast-becoming-one-of-the-biggest-open-air/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

> [Today's empire is tomorrow's ashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/today-s-empire-is-tomorrow-s-ashes/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

> [Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/politics-is-the-art-of-making-the-people-believe-that-they-are-in/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

> [If you ain't angry, you ain't paying attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/if-you-ain-t-angry-you-ain-t-paying-attention/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

> [Before this generation goes on to its ancestors, we should, we must, do our level best to pass on our lessons, so that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/before-this-generation-goes-on-to-its-ancestors-we-should-we-must-do/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

> [If the Constitution can be used against one, it can be used against all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/if-the-constitution-can-be-used-against-one-it-can-be-used-against-all/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

> [The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/the-role-of-television-is-the-illusion-of-company-noise-i-call-it-the/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

> [If they survive, today's children will inherit a world that our fathers and grandfathers have ravaged, where the seas are acidic cesspools that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/if-they-survive-today-s-children-will-inherit-a-world-that-our/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

> [I have learned not to do predictions. It's not helpful, psychologically. I don't sit and fret about things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/i-have-learned-not-to-do-predictions-it-s-not-helpful-psychologically/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

> [The state would rather give me an uzi than a microphone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/the-state-would-rather-give-me-an-uzi-than-a-microphone/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

> [I think because I came into journalism by way of the Black Panther Party - and not J-school or a corporate bourgeois institution -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/i-think-because-i-came-into-journalism-by-way-of-the-black-panther/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

> [Conventional wisdom would have one believe...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/conventional-wisdom-would-have-one-believe/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

> [I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mumia-abu-jamal/i-spend-my-days-preparing-for-life-not-preparing-for-death/)

[Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mumia-abu-jamal/)

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