We are the ones we've been waiting for. - Assata Shakur

"We are the ones we've been waiting for."

Assata Shakur Inspiration

Activist, Revolutionary American Born 1947 (age 79)

More from Assata Shakur

"I have never been afraid to speak the truth. I have never been afraid to stand up for what I believe in."

"The most important thing is that you understand your own power."

"Resistance is not futile; it is essential."

"I am a Black revolutionary, and that is what I will always be."

"The best part of living is knowing you survived."

"The world needs heroes."

"Life is too short to live poorly."

"I'd rather be an optimist and be wrong than a pessimist and be right"