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Angela Davis quotes: Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.

Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.

Angela Davis quotes: I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

Angela Davis quotes: A fair trial would have been no trial at all.

A fair trial would have been no trial at all.

Angela Davis quotes: Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.

Angela Davis quotes: Progressive art can assist people to learn what's at work in the society in which they live.

Progressive art can assist people to learn what's at work in the society in which they live.

Angela Davis quotes: We have been basically persuaded that we should not talk about racism.

We have been basically persuaded that we should not talk about racism.

Angela Davis quotes: Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.

Angela Davis quotes: Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings ...

Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings ...

Angela Davis quotes: The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.

The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.

Angela Davis quotes: Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't.

Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't.

Angela Davis quotes: I'm involved in the work around prison rights in general.

I'm involved in the work around prison rights in general.

Angela Davis quotes: We must always attempt to lift as we climb

We must always attempt to lift as we climb

Angela Davis quotes: When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to.

When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to.

Angela Davis quotes: Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been.

Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been.

Angela Davis quotes: We are never assured of justice without a fight.

We are never assured of justice without a fight.

Angela Davis quotes: We wear the global sweat of women and girls on our bodies" - Angela Davis, lecture at UC Davis, Sponsored by the Women's Resources and Research Center

We wear the global sweat of women and girls on our bodies" - Angela Davis, lecture at UC Davis, Sponsored by the Women's Resources and Research Center

Angela Davis quotes: But at the same time you can't ...

But at the same time you can't ...

Angela Davis quotes: To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.

Angela Davis quotes: You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.

You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.

Angela Davis quotes: Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.

Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do.

Angela Davis quotes: Kids these days are kind of going back to Tupac and Snoop Doggy Dogg as examples of people that stand for something.

Kids these days are kind of going back to Tupac and Snoop Doggy Dogg as examples of people that stand for something.

Angela Davis quotes: We have accumulated a wealth of historical experience which confirms our belief that the scales of American justice are out of balance.

We have accumulated a wealth of historical experience which confirms our belief that the scales of American justice are out of balance.

Angela Davis quotes: I'm suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.

I'm suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.

Angela Davis quotes: We can't talk about the black community. It's no longer a homogeneous community; it was never a homogeneous community.

We can't talk about the black community. It's no longer a homogeneous community; it was never a homogeneous community.

Angela Davis quotes: Walls turned sideways are bridges.

Walls turned sideways are bridges.

Angela Davis quotes: I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change ... I'm changing the things I cannot accept.

I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change ... I'm changing the things I cannot accept.

Angela Davis quotes: We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia.

We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia.

Angela Davis quotes: I guess I would say first of all that we tend to go back to the 60s and we tend to see these struggles and these goals in a relatively

I guess I would say first of all that we tend to go back to the 60s and we tend to see these struggles and these goals in a relatively static way.

Angela Davis quotes: What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

Angela Davis quotes: I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.

I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.

Angela Davis quotes: First of all, I didn't suggest that we should simply get rid of all prisons.

First of all, I didn't suggest that we should simply get rid of all prisons.

Angela Davis quotes: Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.

Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.

Angela Davis quotes: Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.

Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.

Angela Davis quotes: I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.

I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.

Angela Davis quotes: Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.

Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.

Angela Davis quotes: I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.

I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.

Angela Davis quotes: Invisible, repetitive, exhausting, unproductive, uncreative - these are the adjectives which most perfectly capture the nature of housework.

Invisible, repetitive, exhausting, unproductive, uncreative - these are the adjectives which most perfectly capture the nature of housework.

Angela Davis quotes: Racism cannot be separated from capitalism.

Racism cannot be separated from capitalism.

Angela Davis quotes: It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals

It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals

Angela Davis quotes: You can't criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.

You can't criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.