“An attempt to create a new conceptual terrain for imagining alternatives to imprisonment involves the ideological work of questioning why "criminals" have been constituted as a class and, indeed, a class of human beings undeserving of the civil and human rights accorded to others. Radical criminologists have long pointed out that the category "lawbreakers" is far greater than the category of individuals who are deemed criminals since, many point out, almost all of us have broken the law at one time or another.” Criminal JusticeAngela Davis Book:Are Prisons Obsolete? Source: Are Prisons Obsolete?
“Yes, I am a Communist. And I will not take the fifth amendment against self-incrimination, because my political beliefs do not incriminate me, they incriminate the Nixons, Agnews, and Reagans.” CapitalismCommunismCommunistAngela DavisAnti Capitalist Book:If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance Source: If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance
“les gens n'ont pas une mémoire aussi longue que les institutions, en particulier les institutions répressives.” OpressionAngela DavisInsitutions Book:Une lutte sans trêve Source: Une lutte sans trêve