And when you love people, you hate the fact that they’re being treated unfairly. You tell the truth. You sacrifice your popularity for integrity. There is a willingness to give your life back to the people given that, in the end, they basically gave it to you, because we are who we are because somebody loved us anyway.

There are three dominant tendencies in a neoliberal society: financialized, privatized, militarized. And when it comes to black poor people, we get all three.

The most important assets we have are our bodies and our energy which can be put to good use as resources in political activism for poor and working people.

Hatred of injustice is not the same thing as a love for everyday people.

No community dictates to any individual how to live their lives. You can criticize and you can push but people freely choose.

It's fashionable to be indifferent to other people's suffering

The aim is not for me to be right. The aim is to make sure that we keep the focus on the people who are suffering. That's what we're here for.

The only countervailing force against organized money at the top, is organized people at the bottom.

When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots. They can't get away with their abuse. They can't get away with subjection. They can't get away with subjugation. They can't get away with exploitation. They can't get away with domination. It takes courage for folk to stand up.