Best Assata Shakur Quotes
- It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us. Given
- That was one of the big problems in the [Black Panther] Party. Criticism and self-criticism were not encouraged, and the little that was given often… Any
- The usual way the people are taught to think in amerika is that each subject is in a little compartment and has no relation to… Ability
- I couldn't see how we could seriously struggle without having a strong sense of collectivity, without being responsible FOR each other and TO each other. Collectivity
- I can't do nothin except try to find cloud nine. Cloud
- People think that in order for something to work, it has to be complicated, but a lot of times the opposite is true. We usually… Complicated
- 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 down. All
- I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression,… Century
- We usually reach success by putting the simple truths that we know into practice. Inspirational
- I hate war, and I hate having to struggle. I honestly do because I wish I had been born into a world where it was… Been
- Only the strong go crazy. The weak just go along. Along
- The more you understand what you're dealing with, the stronger you get. People see fear as a bad thing. Fear is healthy when you're dealing… Afraid
- Freedom! you askin me about freedom. I'll be honest with you. I know a whole more about what freedom isn't than about what it is,… Askin
- As far as I was concerned, the Panthers were 'baaaaaad.' The Party was more than bad; it was bodacious. The sheer audacity of walking onto… Arms
- People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. Get Used
- We need to be weapons of mass construction, weapons of mass love. It's not enough just to change the system. We need to change ourselves. Change
- No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Education
- A woman’s place is in the struggle. Funny
- Where there is oppression, there will be resistance. Inspirational
- I am a Black revolutionary woman, and because of this i have been charged with and accused of every alleged crime in which a woman… Accused
- Theory without practice is just as incomplete as practice without theory. Incomplete
- Hip Hop can be a very powerful weapon to help expand young people's political and social consciousness. But just as with any weapon, if you… Any
- Love is contraband in Hell, cause love is an acid that eats away bars. But you, me, and tomorrow hold hands and make vows that… Acid
- Black revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. Shaped by our oppression. Black
- 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… Armed