People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. — 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 it's really hard to plan if you don't believe you can implement those plans. — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I think that any time anybody gets rid of oppression, intervention, exploitation, cruelty - that's positive. — 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 think anybody who is honestly struggling against racism must struggle against imperialism and vice versa. — 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 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
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
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… — 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
And it is that one percent, the heads of large corporations, who control the policies of news media and determine what you… — 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
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 think that one of the great things that the Cuban revolution has done is preserve history. — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I think that in order to struggle you have to be creative. In my life, creativity has been something that has sustained… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I think that, like many sisters, I was raised to be a Superwoman. I am a serious woman, and I want to… — 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 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
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
