"It is the obligation of every person who……" — Assata Shakur
"It is the obligation of every person who claims to oppose oppression to resist the oppressor by every means at his or her disposal. Not to engage in physical resistance, armed resistance to oppression, is to serve the interests of the oppressor; no more, no less. There are no exceptions to the rule, no easy out..."
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58 Quotes by Assata Shakur
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Before going back to college, i knew i didn't want to be an intellectual, spending my life in books and…
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Dreams and reality are opposites. Action synthesizes them.
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Schools in amerika are interested in brainwashing people with amerikanism, giving them a little bit of education, and training 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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We had to learn that we're beautiful. We had to relearn something forcefully taken from us. We had to learn…
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