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

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I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement. – Angela Davis

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work
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To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women. – Angela Davis

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relationship
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Yes, I think its really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and moving toward a sort of coalitional relationship with the trade union movement. – Angela Davis

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relationship
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Death is a very important part of life. – GG Allin

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Whether you like it or not, youre forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. But I dont fear death, Im a fatalist. I believe when its your time, thats it. Its the hand youre dealt. – Clint Eastwood

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As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. – Leonardo da Vinci

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Drown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting? – W. C. Fields

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People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. – John C. Maxwell

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