Angela Davis

"The most important thing is that we organize ourselves and hold each other accountable."

"History is not over. It will not be over for a very long time."

"We are all implicated when we refuse to act."

"Solitude, silence and immobility are not in themselves ends in life. They are means to understanding."

"Punishment and the structures of punishment have always been central to the US political economy."

"There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives."

"The problem of racism cannot be reduced to the private interactions between individuals."

"We must envision a future where all of us are free to be our fullest selves."

"One of the most powerful political tools available to oppressed people is the power to reject and resist definitions imposed upon them."

"I believe in the power of knowledge to change the world."

"The most powerful force available to humanity is the force of collective consciousness."

"We cannot create new consciousness, but we can refine existing consciousness."

"Every path toward freedom has to pass through solidarity."

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

"The struggle against racism must be understood as a collective effort."

"Music is the voice of the voiceless."

"Imagination is crucial to the work of liberation."

"We have to imagine ourselves free."

"The human condition demands from us the search for truth."

"Technology can be a powerful tool for liberation or oppression."

"To hope is to have a different feeling about the future than you do in the present."

"The struggle is not between good and evil, but between different visions of freedom."

"Patience is not passivity. It is the ability to trust in the process of liberation."

"We have to address the root causes of inequality, not just the symptoms."

"The most important revolution is the revolution in our own consciousness."

"I have a profound commitment to the pursuit of justice."

"We must love each other or die."

"The structures that confine us are not inevitable."

"Our primary responsibility is to the liberation of all oppressed people."

"Time is on the side of those who struggle for justice."