We are not responsible for the oppression. We are only respo... - Assata Shakur

"We are not responsible for the oppression. We are only responsible for our resistance to it."

Assata Shakur Justice

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."

"Justice must always prevail."

"You think I'm just some animal?"

"Fighting for what's right never gets easier."

"Justice is worth fighting for."