"Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul,……" — Mumia Abu-Jamal
"Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days."
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22 Quotes by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal has 22 quotes on this site.
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The state would rather give me an uzi than a microphone.
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At the risk of quoting Mephistopheles I repeat: Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed…
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Do you see law and order? There is nothing but disorder, and instead of law there is the illusion of…
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The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window:…
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Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.
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The United States is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth
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Free people have a right to decide for themselves what they want to hear.
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I was punished for communicating,
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Today's empire is tomorrow's ashes
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Contrary to popular belief, conventional wisdom would have one believe that it is insane to resist this, the mightiest of…
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Many claim that it is insane to resist the system; but actually, it is insane not to.
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I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death.
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More Assault Quotes
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The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder…
— Conrad Black
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Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an…
— Noam Chomsky
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How many murders, suicides, robberies, criminal assaults, holdups, burglaries and deeds of maniacal insanity it causes each year, especially among…
— Harry J. Anslinger
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Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection…
— Alexander Hamilton
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I am firmly convinced, therefore, that to set up a republic which is to last a long time, the way…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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So the British, of all ages, still walk the course. On trips to Florida or the American desert, they still…
— Alistair Cooke
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Problems assault us to the degree they preoccupy us. The key to release, rest, and inner freedom is not the…
— Hugh Prather
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Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of…
— Colin Powell
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Form is all we have to help us cope with fundamentally chaotic facts and assaults. Formulating something is a great…
— Gerhard Richter
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Whilst accidents and assaults injure and kill people quickly and spectacularly, bullying and consequent prolonged negative stress injure and kill…
— Tim Field
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Evil must be attacked by. . . the day to day assault of the battering rams of justice.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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This is a matter of vital importance to the public safety ... While we recognize that assault-weapon legislation will not…
— Ronald Reagan
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