134 Quotes by Angela Davis

Walls turned sideways are bridges.

When children attend schools that place a greater value in discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prisons.

I became acquainted very early with the widespread presence of an unfortunate syndrome among some Black male activists--namely to confuse their political activity with an assertion of their maleness. (pg. 159)

Pregressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensity social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation

It's not a fad, it is rather the force of a new intelligence against the old ignorance.

Cela faisait mal de voir que nous nous retournions contre nous-mêmes, que nous nous flagellions parce que nous ne savions pas encore comment lutter contre la course réelle de notre misère.

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

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If one looks at the history of struggles against racism in the US, no change has ever happened simply because the president chose to move in a more progressive direction. Every change that has happened has come as a result of mass movements.