We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening.Leo Tolstoy
Buddhism has in it no idea of there being a moral law laid down by somekind of cosmic lawgiver.Alan Watts
As soon as my trial was over, we tried to use the energy that had developed around my case to create another organization, which we called the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression.Angela Davis
Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.Angela Davis
My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.Angela Davis