"I think that in order to struggle you……" — Assata Shakur
"I think that in order to struggle you have to be creative. In my life, creativity has been something that has sustained me; it awoke my spiritual struggle."
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58 Quotes by Assata Shakur
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Dreams and reality are opposites. Action synthesizes them.
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People are tried and convicted in the newspapers and on television before they ever see a courtroom.
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I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling…
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In the long run, the people are our only appeal. The only ones who can free us are ourselves.
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I have advocated and I still advocate revolutionary change
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