Freedom Quotes by Assata Shakur

11 Freedom quotes by Assata Shakur

Shakur’s words echo the resilience of a lifelong struggle for justice. In this concise collection you’ll feel the raw conviction behind her call for personal and communal emancipation.

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We are pregnant with freedom.

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To become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.

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It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support…

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When Black people seriously organize and take up arms to fight for our liberation, there will be a lot of white people…

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Being a warrior and being a struggler has been forced on me by oppression, otherwise I would have been free to be…

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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…

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“So many of my sisters are so completely unaware of who the real criminals and dogs are. They blame themselves for being…

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Any community seriously concerned with its own freedom has to be concerned about other people's freedom as well. The victory of oppressed…

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I trust Cuba as a principled country. Cuba's strength is that it has been steadfast in its commitment to the principles of…

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Freedom! you askin me about freedom. I'll be honest with you. I know a whole more about what freedom isn't than about…

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“No movement can survive unless it is constantly growing and changing with the times. If it isn't growing, if it's stagnant, and…

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In the long run, the people are our only appeal. The only ones who can free us are ourselves.

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No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them.

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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…

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People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows.

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