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 abnormal, the sick, the vicious have become more and more interwoven into the violent culture of the United States. Into the… — 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
The death penalty is used in such a blatantly racist way in the United States. There is no way that can be… — 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
People ask me if I miss the States. I miss African Americans. But not the U.S. government or all the things they… — 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
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
People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while,… — 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
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
