• If you're deaf, dumb, and blind to what's happening in the world, you're under no obligation to do anything. But if you know what's happening and you don't do anything but sit on your ass, then you're nothing but a punk.

  Source: Assata: An Autobiography (1987) 222

  Assata Shakur
  American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) 1947-
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If you're deaf, dumb, and blind to what's happening in the world, you're under no obligation to do anything. But if you know what's happening and you don't do anything but sit on your ass, then you're nothing but a punk. by : Assata Shakur

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