Quotes About Activism

Bathrooms have always been a big issue in my life. My parents fought for me to be able to enroll in elementary school as a girl, which I did. But I still would not be allowed to use the girls' room under any condition.

Throughout my career I've fought for the rights of women as full and equal members of society.

And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.

The founder of the BDS movement is blatantly anti-Semitic.

I couldn't see why a black man wasn't allowed to drink out of the same water fountain or sit in the same bus or go to the same schools as a white guy.

You hear younger women say, 'I don't believe I'm a feminist. I believe women should have equal right and I believe in fighting for the rights of other women, but I'm certainly not a feminist. No, no, not that!' It's just a word. If you called it 'Fred' would it be better?

I've worked with PETA on freeing elephants from the circus.

In its attempt to crush the Black Panthers, the FBI engineered frequent arrests on the flimsiest of pretexts.

We have taken on the fossil fuel companies, combating climate change and even the energy utilities.

In 1969, I started wearing female attire full-time.

The crux of our power isn't only in our voice. It is in our economic function in society.

We're building a movement. It's undeniably a work in progress, but there's a fundamental desire to see capitalism to do something different.

I would simply not compromise on the fundamental rights of people.

I was the head of fundraising for the Women's March, and I chose not to take money from corporations.

My first memories are of picketing ex-servicemen's funerals and telling their families they were going to burn in hell.

Feminists will not be satisfied until every abortion is performed by a gay black doctor under an endangered tree on a reservation for handicapped Indians.

Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong -Emma

Don't forget Kropotkin!

It is up to the public to stop attending these theatrical, and aquatic shows, and circuses with wild animals. The rhetoric about how the animals are happy and well cared for are lies. Don't be swayed by them. The money behind these shows is huge; there is nothing good about them.

Several countries - among them Austria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, India, Israel and Sweden - ban or severely restrict the use of wild animals in circuses. In Brazil, a movement to ban wild animals from circuses started after hungry lions managed to grab and devour a small boy.

If the enemy could only know that Marcus Garvey is but a John the Baptist in the wilderness, that a greater and more dangerous Marcus Garvey is yet to appear, the Garvey with whom you will have to reckon for the injustice of the present generation.

We need to protect our wilderness areas and national parks. Everywhere you travel, you see blight, denuded mountains, logging. If people know what's going on, they'll become activists to safeguard those places.

I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.

I work with 15 organisations that deal with issues ranging from environment protection and wildlife conservation to human rights, and women's and children's rights, etc.