All Mumia Abu-Jamal Quotes
- The state would rather give me an uzi than a microphone. Give
- At the risk of quoting Mephistopheles I repeat: Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed by black robed judges. A… Allows
- Do you see law and order? There is nothing but disorder, and instead of law there is the illusion of security. It is an illusion… Built
- The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion. Call
- Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none. Art
- The United States is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth Air
- Free people have a right to decide for themselves what they want to hear. Decide
- I was punished for communicating, Communicate
- Today's empire is tomorrow's ashes Ashes
- Contrary to popular belief, conventional wisdom would have one believe that it is insane to resist this, the mightiest of empires… But what history really… Acquiesce
- Many claim that it is insane to resist the system; but actually, it is insane not to. Claim
- I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death. Days
- If the Constitution can be used against one, it can be used against all. All
- Conventional wisdom would have one believe... Believe
- I have learned not to do predictions. It's not helpful, psychologically. I don't sit and fret about things. Fret
- I think because I came into journalism by way of the Black Panther Party - and not J-school or a corporate bourgeois institution - I… Black
- Very few people in prison have voices that go beyond the wall. It's my job to do the work for them because they have no… Beyond
- Before this generation goes on to its ancestors, we should, we must, do our level best to pass on our lessons, so that they live… Ancestor
- If they survive, today's children will inherit a world that our fathers and grandfathers have ravaged, where the seas are acidic cesspools that the whales… Acidic
- here and there in the barrios and the favelas, among those who have least, beat hearts of hope, fly sparks of Overcoming. Among