Afeni Shakur

Activist

98 Quotes

I read every agreement of every contract. Anything I put my signature on, I really do read them. And I find things.

I might be the only one who's never taken a dime from my son.

I miss my son every day a little bit more, but I thank God every day for every second that he was here.

Nelson Mandela's contribution to the people of South Africa has been immeasurable and I look forward to helping with his work all over the country.

Pac was special. He was articulate. I trained him. Punishment for him was reading The New York Times.

We need to read history from the source.

I just need to do Pac's work. I just need to. Maybe because I'm a recovering addict, I'm obsessed like that.

I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.

People can like him or not like him individually. But I need for them to know that he was a person of substance, and he was worthy, and he was a good son and a good brother and a good participant in the community.

Everything Tupac said was introspective. He was really honest with himself about himself. He knew his flaws, but he also had such love for his work and his people.

We cannot go anywhere with anger that we haven't already been.

Black history won't stop no bullets.

I live with truth.

The Woodruff Library Archives has done a phenomenal job archiving my son's materials.

In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was about getting to know your culture, your history. I know all about my history.

I have never one day been ashamed of my son. Even when he was not right, that's ok.

That's just the way life is. We have to be willing to pay the price. You have to be willing to pay the price for what's right - and for what we do wrong. That's one of the things that I love about my son. My son was always willing to take his weight.

I think people have gotten to know Tupac much better since he's been gone than they did when he was here.

I wake up every day and think everything sure is awful, but then I ask the Lord what I can do to make it better.

Arts can save children, no matter what's going on in their homes.

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