Davis, Angela

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

"Radicalism is the only form of patriotism left in this country."

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

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

"The most important thing is to be free from fear."

"Prison is the only place where you can go and think about change."

"Do something in the name of liberation and it will work."

"I think it is possible to create a world without war and violence."

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

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men."

"Art is a form of resistance against the forces that would tell us who we are."

"The magnitude of the challenge requires that we think differently."

"We must develop consciousness that extends beyond our individual concerns."

"If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you at night."

"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind."

"We must not permit our grievances to overshadow our opportunities."

"Sometimes we have to do things that frighten us, especially when justice demands it."

"Learning is a form of freedom."

"I've always understood that struggle is a necessary component of existence."

"We should think of freedom not as the absence of something but as the presence of something."

"Violence is when we accept things the way they are."

"The work that we do requires us to understand the complexity of our times."

"Feminism and anti-racism cannot be separated from the struggle for economic justice."

"We need to develop new ways of thinking."

"Love and courage are what allow us to struggle for a better world."

"History is not simply something that happens to us. We participate in making it."

"We cannot afford to waste energy on despair."

"The most radical thing we can do is think."

"Community is where you make your small group of people—where you find trust."

"We have to create the conditions for genuine change."