Assata Shakur Quotes

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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 libraries without knowing what the…
• Dreams and reality are opposites. Action synthesizes them.
• 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.
• Schools in amerika are interested in brainwashing people with amerikanism, giving them a little bit of education, and training them in skills needed to fill…
• People are tried and convicted in the newspapers and on television before they ever see a courtroom.
• And it is that one percent, the heads of large corporations, who control the policies of news media and determine what you and I hear…
• I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless,…
• If you're deaf, dumb, and blind to what's happening in the world, you're under no obligation to do anything. But if you know what's happening…
• In the long run, the people are our only appeal. The only ones who can free us are ourselves.
• I have advocated and I still advocate revolutionary change
• We had to learn that we're beautiful. We had to relearn something forcefully taken from us. We had to learn about Black power. People have…
• I realized that I was connected to Africa. I wasn't just a Colored girl. I was part of a whole world that wanted a better…
• Part of being a revolutionary is creating a vision that is more humane. That is more fun, too. That is more loving. It's really working…
• 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…
• At this time I'd like to say a few words especially to my sisters: SISTERS. BLACK PEOPLE WILL NEVER BE FREE UNLESS BLACK WOMEN PARTICIPATE…
• There is something about Sundiata [Acoli] that exudes calm. From every part of his being you can sense the presence of revolutionary spirit and fervor.…
• My life wasn't beautiful and creative before I became politically active. My life was totally changed when I began to struggle.
• A revolutionary woman can't have no reactionary man. If he's not about liberation, if he's not about struggle, if he ain't about building a strong…
• I was sentenced to life plus 30 years by an all-White jury. What I saw in prison was wall-to-wall Black flesh in chains. Women caged…
• The U. S. is becoming more hostile to Black people and other people of color. Racism is running rampant and xenophobia is on the rise

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