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Danny Glover Quotes

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Mother Earth is in pain and ailing because of global warming  (Danny Glover Quotes) In The Black Power Mixtape , you hear the voice of Angela Davis - not someone playing Angela Davis  (Danny Glover Quotes) This country has always been run by elite, and it’s an elitist democracy. and that’s not a radical concept. It’s elitist democracy. When people talk about democracy, they don’t talk - really talk about participatory democracy, until the point that we get us at Election Day  (Danny Glover Quotes) The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans. A revolt from people who were stolen from their land or revolt from people whose land was stolen from, that’s what the genesis of the Second Amendment is  (Danny Glover Quotes) We all know Reagan’s legacy, from the Iran-Contra affair to the funding of the Nicaraguan military in which over 200,000 people died. The groundwork for the move steadily to the right happened with the Reagan administration. People want to elevate him to some mythic level; they have their own reason for doing that  (Danny Glover Quotes) I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family.  (Danny Glover Quotes) Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.  (Danny Glover Quotes) My Toussaint [Louverture] film is in limbo. We still hope after all this time that we can find another way to get this film done.  (Danny Glover Quotes) I was involved with the anti-apartheid movement through my work as an artist and also through my political commitment.  (Danny Glover Quotes) What he [Barack Obama] does to change the world - that’s what’s important  (Danny Glover Quotes) The black power movement was not a separation from the civil rights movement, but a continuation of this whole process of democratization.  (Danny Glover Quotes) President Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement. He had the opportunity to go to some of the best schools in this country - schools that train you how to run the political paradigm, not challenge it. The leaders of the Black Power Movement were challenging that paradigm.  (Danny Glover Quotes) Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row  (Danny Glover Quotes) The Black Power Mixtape is a documentary, first of all. It brings us closer to the voices we heard at that particular point in time.  (Danny Glover Quotes) The exceptionalism of a black U.S. President is not important to me. It’s what he does - and who he has at the table.  (Danny Glover Quotes) Every day of my life I walk with the idea that I am black, no matter how successful I am. And our success is tempered by that; you’re successful in this way given the fact you are black, and most blacks don’t get to that point.  (Danny Glover Quotes) It’s a misconception to believe that the resistance ended with the civil rights movement  (Danny Glover Quotes) President [Barack] Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement  (Danny Glover Quotes) It’s also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting people of color.  (Danny Glover Quotes) The death penalty is inhumane... whether that person is in a [jail] or it’s bin Laden.  (Danny Glover Quotes) If we talk about the environment, for example, we have to talk about environmental racism - about the fact that kids in South Central Los Angeles have a third of the lung capacity of kids in Santa Monica.  (Danny Glover Quotes) Some of these things I saw in foreign films - African films, Cuban films - long before I decided to really go on this course as an actor. I started to think about what values I saw in those films that I wanted to bring to my projects  (Danny Glover Quotes) New Orleans is a city whose basic industry is the service industry. That’s why it makes its money. That’s - it brings people to the city. People come to the city and experience the wonders of this extraordinary city and everything else. The question is that, how do we create jobs which are the jobs that have pay, that - living wages?  (Danny Glover Quotes) It’s also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting people of color  (Danny Glover Quotes) I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family  (Danny Glover Quotes) I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men  (Danny Glover Quotes) Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage  (Danny Glover Quotes) Well I don't know because I don't have a real relationship with the industry  (Danny Glover Quotes) One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country  (Danny Glover Quotes) I never thought about being an actor  (Danny Glover Quotes)
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