Politics Quotes

Power, governance, and the messy business of organizing human societies.

14518 quotes

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"I question America. Is this the land of the free and the home of the brave, where we have to sleep with our telephones off the hooks because our lives be threatened daily?"
Fannie Lou Hamer
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"At this point in time, if you support Mississippi, you support slavery."
Fannie Lou Hamer
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"The struggle for equality is the struggle for the soul of our nation."
Michael Schwerner
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"Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the systems that oppress."
Michael Schwerner
M
"We must challenge the systems that perpetuate inequality and injustice."
Michael Schwerner
J
"Politics is the art of serving the people."
James Meredith
J
"Politics should serve the common good."
James Meredith
M
"We are fighting for the soul of our nation."
Medgar Evers
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"We must work toward a more perfect union."
Medgar Evers
M
"We fight for the promise of America."
Medgar Evers
M
"We are fighting for the soul of democracy."
Medgar Evers
A
"Politics reflects what we value most as a society."
Andrew Goodman
J
"The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and racism."
John Lewis
J
"Democracy demands that we continuously defend what previous generations fought to achieve."
James Meredith
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"Violence is as American as cherry pie."
H. Rap Brown
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"Politics is about human dignity."
H. Rap Brown
S
"We are going to initiate a plan to get rid of every Black man and woman in this country."
Stokely Carmichael
S
"Integration is a man who wants to live in the white community. He is willing to move out of his ghetto in order to live near white people."
Stokely Carmichael
S
"Every nation in Africa has been imperialized."
Stokely Carmichael
S
"The white power structure will not voluntarily grant us anything."
Stokely Carmichael
S
"This country never intended to integrate, and it will not integrate."
Stokely Carmichael
S
"The concept of integration is irrelevant."
Stokely Carmichael
S
"Capitalism will never bring peace to this country."
Stokely Carmichael
S
"This country is a police state disguised as a democracy."
Stokely Carmichael
"The police act as the military force of the businessman's control."
Black Panther Party
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"Politics is life and death for our people."
Assata Shakur
A
"Politics affects every aspect of our lives."
Assata Shakur
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"Revolution is about the people, by the people, for the people."
H. Rap Brown
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"The system works for those who built it."
H. Rap Brown
H
"Politics is the art of power distribution."
H. Rap Brown