I think that any time anybody gets rid of oppression, intervention, exploitation, cruelty - that's positive. — 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've tried as much as possible to avoid the standard nine-to-five thing. I've tried to organize my life so that I can… — 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
“No movement can survive unless it is constantly growing and changing with the times. If it isn't growing, if it's stagnant, and… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Freedom! you askin me about freedom. I'll be honest with you. I know a whole more about what freedom isn't than about… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
“ from Assata's time cooking at the free breakfast program for kids: One little girl came over to me and tapped me… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
There's something about approaching 50 that's very liberating. Political struggle has always been a 24-hour-a-day job for me. I felt I could… — 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
It seemed that most women, because they had been caught, gave up on the movement and were just trying to pass the… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
I miss friends and family. If it weren't for visits from old friends and other African Americans I meet who come to… — 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
