Quote by Angela Davis
Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely b

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

Other quotes by Angela Davis

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

Category:
Learning
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Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education. – Angela Davis

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Education
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My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom. – Angela Davis

Category:
Freedom
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Other Quotes from
Death
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There is nothing glamorous about death. – Roger Moore

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Death

I think Prince should open up a little more to other artists. Just because we love Prince. Especially the old stuff – we love him to death. But if he opened up he would be something to deal with. Imagine Kanye West producing a Prince track? It would be banoodles! – Jamie Foxx

Category:
Death

There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior. – Fran Lebowitz

Category:
Death

Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Category:
Death

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The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime. – Max Stirner, The Ego and His Own

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Justice & Law

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do. – W. H. Auden

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Genius

Dont halt before you are lame. – English Proverb

Category:
Persistence

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person. – Seth Godin

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Fear