4 Quotes & Sayings By Mumia Abujamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal is a journalist, radio host, and author of several books, including "Free in America," "We Will Not Be Silenced," and "Live From Death Row." He has been incarcerated in Pennsylvania's death row for over twenty years. He is currently on death row in State Correctional Institution–Frackville, PA, the only death row prison in the United States.

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Conventional wisdom would have one believe that it is insane to resist this, the mightiest of empires, but what history really shows is that today's empire is tomorrow's ashes; that nothing lasts forever, and that to not resist is to acquiesce in your own oppression. The greatest form of sanity that anyone can exercise is to resist that force that is trying to repress, oppress, and fight down the human spirit. Mumia AbuJamal
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The men laugh at the witty line, but it is not a belly laugh. Beasley's mouth is in a wide smile, but his eyes do not laugh, for there is little reason for joy. And if eyes are indeed mirrors of the soul, then they reflect an infinite sadness. I look away, afraid of what mine might reflect Mumia AbuJamal
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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. Mumia AbuJamal