Quotes About Activism

I am an activist for putting an end to the criminalisation of abortion.

We've seen a lot of people come together, no matter the race, and have support of black people. I think that's a huge thing. I don't know if it's going to fix all our issues, but I think it's a step in the right direction. I go out and I've protested, I've marched.

I was always like that, at 5 years old, just demanding equality. I thought it could all be fixed if you called attention to it.

The Coup does not support the American flag.

That's really how I ended up making the first flag - I was the guy who could sew it.

Despite the adversity that George Floyd endured, he was full of life and love for his family, friends, and loved ones. It was in honor of his life that millions took to the streets in struggle for a world where George Floyd would never have been taken from us.

George Floyd had a rich and loving life that was taken from him.

I personally have stopped flying. I have stopped eating meat and dairy.

I could spend my life focusing on getting rid of straws in our society.

It's really important that folks be able to speak out.

Trans folks are going to rise up for their moments and their money!

I know there are footballers who want to fight for justice, whether Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, any belief.

I will be O.K. without football. I want to fight for the people who won't be O.K.

All the issues the Shiv Sena took up were for the people.

I would have felt ashamed if I had not been part of the resistance and part of fighting back against the forces of the state.

One girl subjected to FGM or forces to marry is one girl too many.

My mother said, 'Did you ever believe you would be an activist?' I said, 'No, not really.' But I just felt in my heart that I needed to step up and be a leader in the forefront.

I'm an actor first and foremost. But I've also started an organization, Broadway Impact, that advocates for marriage equality. I'm an actorvist.

Any form of art is political if you make it that way.

One person can make a difference, even if it takes forty years.

I believe in myself and the justice I've fought for all my life.

I fought for peace in the fifties.

When I became political and Communist, it was because they were the only people I had ever met who fought the color bar in their lives.

Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights are never given to you. They have to be fought for and they have to be taken.