Assata Shakur Short Quotes

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Revolution is about change, and the first place the change begins is in yourself.

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In the long run, the people are our only appeal. The only ones who can free us are ourselves.

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People are tried and convicted in the newspapers and on television before they ever see a courtroom.

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My energy just couldn't stop dancing. I was caught up in the music of struggle, and i wanted to dance.

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All you have to do is ask yourselves, who controls the government? And who are the victims of that control?

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Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is....never let your enemies choose your enemies for you.

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There is, and always will be, until every Black man, woman, and child is free, a Black Liberation Army. The main function of the Black.

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Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.

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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.

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It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other.
We have nothing to lose but our chains.

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When you go through all your life processing and abusing your hair so it will look like the hair of another race of people then you are making a statement and the statement is clear

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I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless, heart-less robots who protect them and their property.

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When Black people seriously organize and take up arms to fight for our liberation, there will be a lot of white people who will drop dead from no other reason than their own guilt and fear.

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I am a Black revolutionary, and, as such, i am a victim of all the wrath, hatred, and slander that America is capable of. Like all other Black revolutionaries, America is trying to lynch me.

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I believe in living, I believe in birth, I believe in the sweat of love and in the fire of truth and I believe that a lost ship, steered by tired, sea sick sailors, can still be guided home to port

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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 reach success by putting the simple truths that we know into practice.

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