Quotes of Angela Davis - somelinesforyou

“ We had to get up at 6 a.m. and never had a problem. She was doing ballet and gymnastics, then dropped gymnastics. ”

- Angela Davis

“ But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life. ”

- Angela Davis

“ We've had a lot of parents ask questions about the program. ”

- Angela Davis

“ We had to get up at 6 a.m. and never had a problem. She was doing ballet and gymnastics, then dropped gymnastics. ”

- Angela Davis

“ 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

“ Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other. ”

- Angela Davis

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

- Angela Davis

“ Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other. ”

- Angela Davis

“ The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time. ”

- Angela Davis

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

- Angela Davis

“ Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other. ”

- Angela Davis

“ 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

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

- Angela Davis

“ I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all have a certain measure of responsibility to those who have made it possible for us to take advantage of the opportunities. ”

- Angela Davis

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

- Angela Davis

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

- Angela Davis

“ Racism cannot be separated from capitalism. ”

- Angela Davis

“ The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time. ”

- Angela Davis

“ Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other. ”

- Angela Davis

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

- Angela Davis

“ Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other. ”

- Angela Davis

“ Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other. ”

- Angela Davis

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

- Angela Davis

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

- Angela Davis

“ We had to get up at 6 a.m. and never had a problem. She was doing ballet and gymnastics, then dropped gymnastics. ”

- Angela Davis

“ This is the sports she enjoys the most. She gets so excited about it. ”

- Angela Davis

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

- Angela Davis

“ This is the sports she enjoys the most. She gets so excited about it. ”

- Angela Davis

“ We had to get up at 6 a.m. and never had a problem. She was doing ballet and gymnastics, then dropped gymnastics. ”

- Angela Davis

“ We had to get up at 6 a.m. and never had a problem. She was doing ballet and gymnastics, then dropped gymnastics. ”

- Angela Davis
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