Quote by Angela Davis
My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the

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

Other quotes by 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. – Angela Davis

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Death
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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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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. – Angela Davis

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work
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The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. – Denis Diderot

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The enemies of freedom will not prevail. – Bill Frist

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We feel free when we escape — even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire. – Eric Hoffer

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For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion. – Emile M. Cioran

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