I am convinced, that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin to shift from a thing oriented society, to a person oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives, and property right are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, militarism, and economic exploitation are incapable of being conquered. Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit, and go out into a sometimes hostile world, declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism and militarism.
Oh you only fight the fights you can win? You fight the fights that need fighting!
The memory of oppressed people is one thing that cannot be taken away, and for such people, with such memories, revolt is always an inch below the surface.
There’s no turning back…We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart…
A riot is the language of the unheard.
If I can’t dance - I don’t want to be part of your revolution.
Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.
Community organizing is how ordinary people respond to out-of-touch politicians and their failed policies.
I have chosen to stay and fight.
My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong.
Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform. Those who are really in earnest are willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathies with despised ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.
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