Assata Shakur Quotes About Politicians

Quotes about: Politicians

• I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless, heartless, robots who protect them and their property.

  Assata Shakur

  War, Lying, Heartless

  Assata Shakur (1987). “Assata: An Autobiography”, p.65, Zed Books

• The government recognized immediately that Rap music has enormous revolutionary potential and politicians immediately came together to end it.

  Assata Shakur

  Rap, Government, Together

• While big corporations make huge, tax-free profits, taxes for the everyday working person skyrocket. While politicians take free trips around the world, those same politicians cut back food stamps for the poor. While politicians increase their salaries, millions of people are being laid off. I do not understand a government so willing to spend millions of dollars on arms, to explore outer space, even the planet Jupiter, and at the same time close down day care centers and fire stations.

  Assata Shakur

  Cutting, Space, Fire

  Assata Shakur (1987). “Assata: An Autobiography”, p.184, Zed Books

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