Politics Quotes
Power, governance, and the messy business of organizing human societies.
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"Politics without morality is merely theater."James Meredith
"The measure of a nation is how it treats its most vulnerable."Viola Liuzzo
"True democracy requires citizens willing to sacrifice for it."Viola Liuzzo
"The white man is not inherently evil; it is the system of racism and capitalism that is evil."Stokely Carmichael
"You cannot gain political power without confronting the system directly."Stokely Carmichael
"Capitalism requires racism to justify exploitation."Stokely Carmichael
"We are not fighting for integration; we are fighting for self-determination."Stokely Carmichael
"We must be strategic in our approach to achieving power."Stokely Carmichael
"We recognize that the institutions of this country do not work for the masses."Black Panther Party
"Capitalism and racism are deeply intertwined systems of exploitation."Black Panther Party
"Imperialism and colonialism are the enemies of all oppressed peoples."Black Panther Party
"We cannot separate economics from politics in the struggle for freedom."Black Panther Party
"Violence is as American as cherry pie"H. Rap Brown
"The system is designed to keep us divided."Assata Shakur
"The struggle for justice never ends."Assata Shakur
"You cannot talk of power in the abstract. Power in the concrete is always national."Stokely Carmichael
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. It will be destroyed from within."Stokely Carmichael
"What we are talking about is the responsibility of the United States government."Stokely Carmichael
"The capitalist system was built on the backs of our people."Stokely Carmichael
"Violence is as American as cherry pie"H. Rap Brown
"Politics is not separate from daily life; it shapes everything we experience."Black Panther Party
"Democracy is only real when all people have a voice."Medgar Evers
"The revolution will not be televised, but it will be real."H. Rap Brown
"The system is designed to keep us divided and conquered."H. Rap Brown
"We should not be surprised if the oppressed want to change the system."Angela Y. Davis
"The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be."Stokely Carmichael
"Every black man in America has to understand that this is his country too."Stokely Carmichael
"We are fighting for the souls of our people and the conscience of the nation."Stokely Carmichael
"Revolution is a serious thing."Assata Shakur
"We cannot separate the struggle from the people who wage it."Black Panther Party