Mumia Abu-Jamal Quotes

Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.

The media, itself an arm of mega-corporate power, feeds the fear industry, so that people are primed like pumps to support wars on rumor, innuendo, legends, and lies.

If you ain't angry, you ain't paying attention.

The United States is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth

Many claim that it is insane to resist the system; but actually, it is insane not to.

The state would rather give me an uzi than a microphone.

Very few people in prison have voices that go beyond the wall. It's my job to do the work for them because they have no one.

I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death.

The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion.

Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days.

If the Constitution can be used against one, it can be used against all.

here and there in the barrios and the favelas, among those who have least, beat hearts of hope, fly sparks of Overcoming.

I was punished for communicating.

Today's empire is tomorrow's ashes...

Before this generation goes on to its ancestors, we should, we must, do our level best to pass on our lessons, so that they live in our people's minds and lives.

Free people have a right to decide for themselves what they want to hear.

Conventional wisdom would have one believe.

I have learned not to do predictions. It's not helpful, psychologically. I don't sit and fret about things.