Angela Davis Quotes
I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings.
The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what’s that? The freedom to starve?
In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
Radical simply means ‘grasping things at the root.’
The most important lesson that I have learned is to trust God in every circumstance. Life happens, and you cannot control it, but you can control your attitude towards it.
I’m no longer accepting the things I cannot change, I’m changing the things I cannot accept.
I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.
I’m a prison abolitionist. I believe in a world without prisons.
Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all people should enjoy.
Freedom is a constant struggle.
Prisons are the front line of the struggle for social justice.
The concept of freedom is inspiring. But my question is: Freedom for whom?
Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.
As long as we accept the idea that Capitalism is the only way, we are doomed to fail.
Feminism and abolitionism are two revolutionary movements that have to be seen as connected.
I believe in revolutions because there have been revolutions that have changed history.
Change is not necessarily revolutionary, but revolutionary change is always a change.
You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.
My commitment has always been to the liberation of black people, and therefore, to the liberation of all people.
The most important thing that we can learn from history is that everything can change.
Prisons are not the solution to the problem of crime. They are the problem.
The prison-industrial complex is one of the biggest threats to human rights in our society.
The struggle for justice is not easy, but it’s necessary.
We have to connect the struggle for racial equality with the struggle for economic justice.
The struggle for justice requires us to confront the systems of power that perpetuate inequality.
Activism is the rent we pay for living on this planet.
Freedom is not given, it is taken.
The fight against racism is not a sprint, it’s a marathon.
People have the power to change the world, if they are willing to stand up and speak out.
Resistance is not about waiting for someone else to save us. It’s about taking action and creating change ourselves.
You can’t have liberation for one group without liberation for all groups.
The struggle for justice is not just about winning individual battles, it’s about creating a more just and equitable society.
We have to be willing to challenge the status quo and question authority.
We have to be willing to take risks and step outside of our comfort zones in order to make real change.
The struggle for justice is not just about changing laws, it’s about changing hearts and minds.
The fight against racism requires us to confront our own biases and privilege.
Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.
The struggle for justice is a marathon, not a sprint.
We have to be willing to make sacrifices and put our bodies on the line in order to create change.
The fight for justice is not just about winning individual battles, it’s about creating a more just and equitable society.
We have to be willing to challenge the status quo and question authority in order to make real change.
The struggle for justice is not just about changing laws, it’s about changing hearts and minds.
We have to be willing to take risks and step outside of our comfort zones in order to make real change.
The fight against racism requires us to confront our own biases and privilege.
Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.
The struggle for justice is a marathon, not a sprint.
We have to be willing to make sacrifices and put our bodies on the line in order to create change.
The fight for justice is not just about winning individual battles, it’s about creating a more just and equitable society.
We have to be willing to challenge the status quo and question authority in order to make real change.