Care Quote by Assata Shakur

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

My energy just couldn’t stop dancing. I was caught up in the music of struggle, and i wanted to dance.

— Assata Shakur

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

Imperialism is the underlying motor of racism. The underlying reason that racism keeps on being promoted in all of its various forms.

— Assata Shakur

In the long run, the people are our only appeal. The only ones who can free us are ourselves.

— Assata Shakur

I think anybody who is honestly struggling against racism must struggle against imperialism and vice versa.

— Assata Shakur

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

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

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

No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them.

— Assata Shakur

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

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