Angela Davis

"Imagination unleashed from the constraints of "what is" can envision "what could be.""

"Technology is a tool; it reflects the values and priorities of those who create and control it."

"History is written by those in power, but it can be rewritten through counter-narratives."

"Philosophy without praxis is abstraction; praxis without philosophy is directionless action."

"Literature preserves the voices of those whose stories might otherwise be lost."

"War is not inevitable; it is chosen by those who have the power to choose."

"Motivation comes from connecting daily work to a larger vision of transformation."

"Inspiration is contagious; when one person acts, others find courage to act as well."

"Relationships are the soil in which movements grow and sustain themselves."

"Solitude is valuable when it leads to deeper understanding and renewed commitment."

"You have to act as if it is impossible to fail."

"Resistance is possible, and it is necessary."

"The powerful cannot afford to tell the truth."

"We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society."

"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept."

"Visibility is a trap."

"To struggle together with people, to live amongst people who are also struggling - this is a source of hope."

"Radicalism is the practice of critical thinking."

"The prison industrial complex is not an aberration in the history of this country but rather an expression of deeply rooted racism."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"I think the most important thing is that we have to do work that is liberatory."

"You cannot have a life in which you don't think about racism."

"Freedom is a constant struggle."

"We have to create structures that will nurture the growth of democratic consciousness."

"The moment we stop struggling is the moment we cease to live."

"I've always understood making films to be a political act."

"It is not so much that we lack the knowledge we need, but that we do not act on the knowledge we have."

"Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings."

"We must reject the notion that there is something inherent about any social institution."

"Solitude can be a profound political act when it is pursued consciously."