George Jackson Quotes

• Settle your quarrels, come together,
  understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is
  already here, that people are already dying who could be saved, that
  generations more will live poor butchered half-lives if you fail to
  act. Do what must be done, discover your humanity and your love in
  revolution.

  George Jackson

  Love, Failure, Reality

  George Jackson (1970). “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson”, p.25, Chicago Review Press

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• Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.

  George Jackson

  Inspirational, Patience, Fear

  George Jackson (1970). “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson”, Chicago Review Press

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• They will never count me among the broken men.

  George Jackson

  Men, Broken, Broken Man

  George Jackson (1970). “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson”, Chicago Review Press

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• I don't want to die and leave a few sad songs and a hump in the ground as my only monument. I want to leave a world that is liberated from trash, pollution, racism, nation-states, nation-state wars and armies, from pomp, bigotry, parochialism, a thousand different brands of untruth and licentious, usurious economics.

  George Jackson

  Song, War, Army

  George Jackson (1970). “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson”, Chicago Review Press

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• We must prove our predictions about the future with action.

  George Jackson

  Action, Predictions, Prove

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• It's very contradictory for a man to teach about the murder in corporate capitalism, to isolate and expose the murderes behind it, to instruct that these madmen are completely without stops, are licentious, totally depraved — and then not make adequate preparations to defend himself from the madman's attack. Either they don't really believe their own spiel or they harbor some sort of subconscious death wish

  George Jackson

  Believe, Men, Preparation

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• Most of today's black convicts have come to understand that they are the most abused victims of an unrighteous order.

  George Jackson

  Order, Black, Today

  George Jackson (1970). “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson”, Chicago Review Press

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• It is always wise with a course of action to consider the likely consequences before going ahead with it.

  George Jackson

  Wise, Action, Courses

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• But now with the living conditions deteriorating, and with the sure knowledge that we are slated for destruction, we have been transformed into an implacable army of liberation

  George Jackson

  Army, Aggravation, Destruction

  George Jackson (1970). “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson”, Chicago Review Press

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• I met Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Engels and Mao when I entered prison and they redeemed me.

  George Jackson

  Prison, Mao, Engels

  George Jackson (1970). “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson”, Chicago Review Press

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• I'm always telling the brothers some of those whites are willing to work with us against the pigs. All they got to do is stop talking honky. When the races start fighting, all you have is one maniac group against another.

  George Jackson

  Brother, Fighting, Race

  George Jackson (1970). “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson”, Chicago Review Press

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• The savage repression of blacks, which can be estimated by reading the obituary columns of the nation's dailies, Fred Hampton, etc., has not failed to register on the black inmates.

  George Jackson

  Reading, Black, Savages

  George Jackson (1970). “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson”, Chicago Review Press

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• Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination

  George Jackson

  Determination, Real, Perspective

  George Jackson (1970). “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson”, Chicago Review Press

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• Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty.

  George Jackson

  Passion, Men, Guilty

  George Jackson (1970). “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson”, Chicago Review Press

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• The story line, the comparisons to this show and the Bible Ends after the names of the characters.

  George Jackson

  Bible, Character, Names

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• What the Super Bowl did for us was give us a sense of urgency.

  George Jackson

  Giving, Super Bowl, Sense Of Urgency

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