Quotes from Angela Davis

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.

First of all, I didn't suggest that we should simply get rid of all prisons.

I'm suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.

If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.

Invisible, repetitive, exhausting, unproductive, uncreative - these are the adjectives which most perfectly capture the nature of housework.

No march, movement, or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners in this quest for equality can be considered a positive step.

It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals

There is so much history of this racist violence that simply to bring one person to justice is not going to disturb the whole racist edifice.

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival.

When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.

Well, we see an increasingly weaker labor movement as a result of the overall assault on the labor movement and as a result of the globalization of capital.

I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all have a certain measure of responsibility to those who have made it possible for us to take advantage of the opportunities.

Walls turned sideways are bridges.

Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionarys life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.

I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.

We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia.

You can't criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.

But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.

Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.

Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.