Angela Davis

"Prisons do not disappear problems; they disappear people."

"The most radical thing is love."

"We must engage in spiritual warfare against oppression."

"Time is a precious resource we cannot recover."

"To know is not enough; we must do."

"The pursuit of knowledge is itself emancipatory."

"We cannot wait for the right moment; we must create it."

"Solidarity is not charity; it is mutual aid."

"Democracy requires constant vigilance and participation."

"The personal is political."

"We must imagine ourselves free and then create freedom."

"History teaches us that freedom is never given willingly."

"Strength comes from collective action, not individual heroism."

"We must learn to see oppression in all its forms."

"Beauty exists in the struggle for justice."

"The mind is a terrible thing to imprison."

"We are all complicit in systems we do not actively resist."

"Patience with injustice is complicity."

"Music has always been a vehicle for liberation."

"We must cultivate the discipline of critical thinking."

"Love demands action and accountability."

"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."

"The most important thing is to create a space where people can think freely and critically about the world."

"Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they receive from the exploitation of workers."

"You have to act as if it is possible to radically transform the world - and you have to do it all the time."

"Freedom is a constant struggle."

"The work of the intellectual is to challenge and to enlighten."

"If we know that war is destructive, why do we still glorify those who wage it?"

"Feminism means wanting social, political and economic equality of the sexes."