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“No movement can survive unless it is constantly growing and changing with the times. If it isn't growing, if it's stagnant, and without the support of the people, no movement for liberation can exist, no matter how correct its analysis of the situation is. That's why political work and organizing are so important. Unless you are addressing the issues people are concerned about and contributing positive direction, they'll never support you. The first thing the enemy tries to do is isolate revolutionaries from the masses of people, making us horrible and hideous monsters so that our people will hate us.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

“And it is that one percent, the heads of large corporations, who control the policies of news media and determine what you and I hear on radio, read in the newspapers, see on television. It is more important for us to think about where the media gets its information.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

“Only the strong go crazy. The weak just go along.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

“People are tried and convicted in the newspapers and on television before they ever see a courtroom.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography