Quotes from George Jackson

Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty.

Patience has its limits. Take it too far and it's cowardice.

But now with the living conditions deteriorating, and with the sure knowledge that we are slated for destruction, we have been transformed into an implacable army of liberation

The savage repression of blacks, which can be estimated by reading the obituary columns of the nation's dailies, Fred Hampton, etc., has not failed to register on the black inmates.

They have learned that resistance is actually possible. The holds are beginning to slip away.

But now with the living conditions deteriorating, and with the sure knowledge that we are slated for destruction, we have been transformed into an implacable army of liberation.

Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.

The ultimate expression of law is not order - it's prison.

Racism has served always in the U.S as a pressure release for the psychopathic destructiveness evinced by a people made fearful and insecure by a way of life they never understood and resented from the day of their birth

Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination.

What the Super Bowl did for us was give us a sense of urgency.

Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order.

We must prove our predictions about the future with action.