50 Quotes by Angela Davis
Angela Davis is an American political activist, philosopher, and academic who is best known for her work in civil rights, social justice, and feminism. She was a prominent member of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and 1970s and has been a vocal advocate for prison abolition and racial equality. Davis has also authored numerous books and articles on topics related to race, gender, and class, and has lectured at universities around the world. Her impact on social justice activism and critical theory has been significant and enduring. (Bio)
Angela Davis Quotes
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. (Meaning)
When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises. (Quote Meaning)
If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions. (Meaning)
It is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist. (Quote Meaning)
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? (Meaning)
Freedom is a constant struggle. (Quote Meaning)
I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change...I'm changing the things I cannot accept. (Meaning)
You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time. (Quote Meaning)
Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group. They have had to understand white men, white women, and black men. And they have had to understand themselves. When black women win victories, it is a boost for virtually every segment of society.
We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia.
Walls turned sideways are bridges. (Meaning)
Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. (Quote Meaning)
Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't.
I believe profoundly in the possibilities of democracy, but democracy needs to be emancipated from capitalism. (Meaning)
We must always attempt to lift as we climb. (Quote Meaning)
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.
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society. (Meaning)
I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionarys life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.
We are never assured of justice without a fight. (Quote Meaning)
What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women. (Meaning)
We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root.' (Quote Meaning)
It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals
Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.
You can't criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
Progressive art can assist people to learn what's at work in the society in which they live.
Racism cannot be separated from capitalism.
We have been basically persuaded that we should not talk about racism.
― Angela Davis Quotes
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