Quotes by Angela Davis with society

Angela Davis

Angela Davis

American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author

Lived from: 1944 -

Category: Politics | Philosophers | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 25 january 1944

  • In a sense the quest for the emancipation of black people in the U.S. has always been a quest for economic liberation which means to a certain extent that the rise of black middle class would be inevitable.
  • We have accumulated a wealth of historical experience which confirms our belief that the scales of American justice are out of balance.
  • If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
  • The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.
  • We can't talk about the black community. It's no longer a homogeneous community; it was never a homogeneous community.
  • 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.
  • I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
  • Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't.
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  • In this society, dominated as it is by the profit-seeking ventures of monopoly corporations, health has been callously transformed into a commodity - a commodity that those with means are able to afford, but that is too often entirely beyond the reach of others.
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  • Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.
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  • Progressive art can assist people to learn what's at work in the society in which they live.
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  • To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
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  • We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
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  • We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia.
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  • Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within the society any longer.
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What are the most famous quotes from Angela Davis?

The two most famous quotes from Angela Davis are:

  • "In this society, dominated as it is by the profit-seeking ventures of monopoly corporations, health has been callously transformed into a commodity - a commodity that those with means are able to afford, but that is too often entirely beyond the reach of others."
  • "Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation."

When did Angela Davis live?

Angela Davis was born in 1944.