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
It never occurred to me that anyone would name a nuclear missile "Peacekeeper". It never occurred to me that thousands of people… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
We're living in a very tricky world, and unless we become analytical and expose the tricknology, people will become sucked into that.… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
People come telling the truth. When I ask how thing are in the States, they don't give me the okeydoke. They say,… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I'm crafting a vision of my life that involves creativity. And Cuban society allows me to do this. I know it's harder… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
When you go through all your life processing and abusing your hair so it will look like the hair of another race… — 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
The methods of peaceful protests are not capable of being effective, because in reality most people pay little attention to things that… — 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
When Black people seriously organize and take up arms to fight for our liberation, there will be a lot of white people… — 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 had grown up at a time when people were being lynched, being attacked with water hoses. Becoming active and learning a… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I had to adjust to living in a Third World country, which means that things people in the U.S. take for granted-like… — 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
My experience in the United States was living in a society that was very much at war with itself, that was very… — 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
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
To have one's race brutally treated for so many years, even after the end of slavery and segregation, people are going to… — 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
We have to have a vision of the world we want to make in 100 years. And maybe when we have that… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
While big corporations make huge, tax-free profits, taxes for the everyday working person skyrocket. While politicians take free trips around the world,… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
The usual way the people are taught to think in amerika is that each subject is in a little compartment and has… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I own no TV stations, or Radio Stations or Newspapers. But I feel that people need to be educated as to what… — 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
People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
How lovely it is to live with a sense of community. To live where you can drop in the street and a… — 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
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
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 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
I believe in self-defense and self-determination for Africans and other oppressed people in America. — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
People are tried and convicted in the newspapers and on television before they ever see a courtroom. — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Hip Hop can be a very effective way to reach young people and teach them about current political and social issues. — 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 think that one of the problems that exists in the United States and in many places in the world is that… — 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
That was one of the big problems in the [Black Panther] Party. Criticism and self-criticism were not encouraged, and the little that… — 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
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
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
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
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