There is a down side to everything if you don't understand what the consequences of what you are saying in your music… — 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 that people who want to change this planet have to seriously understand that as human beings we have to work… — 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… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Cubans understand that theirs is a country that provides sanctuary for people fleeing oppression. As a nation, they are very proud of… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
People think that in order for something to work, it has to be complicated, but a lot of times the opposite is… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
The more you understand what you're dealing with, the stronger you get. People see fear as a bad thing. Fear is healthy… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
We had to learn that we're beautiful. We had to relearn something forcefully taken from us. We had to learn about Black… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I think that the movement against the World Bank, against the globalization process that is happening, is very positive. We need a… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I stay connected in my head. I'm spiritually and psychologically connected to African-Americans. They are my people, and that will never change. — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
White people's fear of Black people with guns will never cease to amaze me. Probably it's because they think about what they… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
In my opinion while lynchings were quite possibly the most heinous crimes ever witnessed in American history, they helped in bringing people… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Hip Hop can be a very powerful weapon to help expand young people's political and social consciousness. But just as with any… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I really prefer to be kind of anonymous. Because when people know your whole history, they have a tendency to relate to… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I think that spirituality is important for all people to develop. I don't mean there necessarily has to be a religious aspect… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
The people who are running this planet are insane - they are literally destroying it. I don't know where they think they're… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I think that the greatest betrayal that a revolutionary can participate in is to become like the people you are struggling against.… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
The U. S. is becoming more hostile to Black people and other people of color. Racism is running rampant and xenophobia is… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I really wanted to know what happens in a place that is trying to build socialism, that's trying to construct some form… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Any community seriously concerned with its own freedom has to be concerned about other people's freedom as well. The victory of oppressed… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
At this time I'd like to say a few words especially to my sisters: SISTERS. BLACK PEOPLE WILL NEVER BE FREE UNLESS… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I don't have to live up to that Superwoman myth. I can cry and be human and lean on people who take… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from… — 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
