Angela Davis

"Relationships are the foundation of community."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of justice."

"We must honor the persistence of the human spirit in the face of oppression."

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

"Freedom is not something that can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be."

"Racism, in the first place, is a personal opinion, and at the same time the opinion of the many."

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

"The most important thing is not to abandon our critique of the system."

"You can't criticize a way of life if you haven't thought seriously about it."

"We cannot hope to create a non-violent world in the context of a society that is fundamentally violent."

"The history of the world is, in a sense, a history of the struggle for freedom."

"If we want a just, peaceful world, we have to do the work of justice and peace."

"Organized people are infinitely more powerful than organized money."

"We must work for the transformation of the world."

"The real work of art happens when you lose consciousness of the form."

"Fear is a tool of oppression."

"To resist is to exist."

"Visibility is a trap."

"We have to understand that change is possible."

"Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings."

"Struggle is a never-ending process, freedom is never really won."

"We need to encourage people to embrace what is truly theirs."

"The challenge is to imagine and create the world anew."

"Love is a practice, not just a feeling."

"Community is where you make your home."

"We must do the intellectual work of understanding our times."

"Repetition does not transform a lie into truth."

"The struggle continues in many forms."

"We are responsible for transforming the world we inherit."

"Art is a means of communication between people."