People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't. Alice Walker eventuallylifepeople Change image and share on social
It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are. Alice Walker adultcasechild Change image and share on social
I was distressed that after 9/11, when the United States was attacked by terrorists, the United States' response was to attack Afghanistan, where some of the terrorists had been. Alice Walker afghanistanattackdistress Change image and share on social
All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world. Alice Walker continuecurrenthistory Change image and share on social
When I joined the freedom movement in Mississippi in my early 20s, it was to come to the aid of sharecroppers, like my parents, who had been thrown off the land they'd always known - the plantations - because they attempted to exercise their 'democratic' right to vote. Alice Walker 20saidattempt share on social
I think that all people who feel that there is injustice in the world anywhere should learn as much of it as they can bear. That is our duty. Alice Walker beardutyfeel Change image and share on social
Well, capitalism is a big problem, because with capitalism you're just going to keep buying and selling things until there's nothing else to buy and sell, which means gobbling up the planet. Alice Walker bigbuycapitalism Change image and share on social
Part of my ancestry is Cherokee. And in that tradition, you become an adult when you're 52. Alice Walker adultancestrycherokee Change image and share on social
How long will it take the citizens of the United States, one wonders, to recognize that the house their country bombed in Iraq is the same one they were living in until it was foreclosed? Alice Walker bombcitizencountry Change image and share on social
All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience. Alice Walker addcasedetract Change image and share on social
