"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has……" — Assata Shakur
"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them."
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58 Quotes by Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur has 58 quotes on this site.
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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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And it is that one percent, the heads of large corporations, who control the policies of news media and determine…
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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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If you're deaf, dumb, and blind to what's happening in the world, you're under no obligation to do anything. But…
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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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I realized that I was connected to Africa. I wasn't just a Colored girl. I was part of a whole…
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Part of being a revolutionary is creating a vision that is more humane. That is more fun, too. That is…
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To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.
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I see myself as sexy. If you are comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing.
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A world without newspapers or a world where the newspapers are purely electronic and you read them on a screen…
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I'll declare my own interest right here at the start and admit that, like the vast majority of people, I…
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It must be said that Brighton, unlike London, makes driving seem very appealing. Instead of glowering faces and angry horns…
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No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.
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But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is…
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We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever…
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This…
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I get asked a lot about getting into politics. I say, 'Take a look at politics. You tell me what…
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Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on…
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