I've always been a student of different ways of looking at the world, different religions. That's been part of my survival mechanism,… — 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
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
Tourism has affected Cuba, because tourists come and they bring racist, sexist ideas. They bring a whole vision that there are rich… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
The US government's most acute fear is that other countries are going to follow the Cuban example. They want everybody to know… — 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
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
A lot of contemporary American culture makes its way to this county. Cuba is not some gray, isolated backwater. This is a… — 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
In the long run, the people are our only appeal. The only ones who can free us are ourselves. — Assata Shakur Copy Share
I think anybody who is honestly struggling against racism must struggle against imperialism and vice versa. — Assata Shakur Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
Being in Cuba has allowed me to live in a society that is not at war with itself. There is a sense of community.… — Assata Shakur Copy Share
“Don’t you know that slavery was outlawed?” “No,” the guard said, “you’re wrong. Slavery was outlawed with the exception of prisons. Slavery is legal… — Assata Shakur Copy Share
People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. — Assata Shakur Copy Share
