Quotes About Activism

It's a controversial issue: many feminists reasonably worry that by taking the concentration off gender as an independent locus of oppression, we dilute the strength of a women's movement, or of women's rights advocacy.

There are good reasons for being in jail - for protesting.

I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons.

I'm a real rebel with a cause.

Rosa Parks wasn't the first one to rebel against the segregated seats. I was the first one.

People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back.

But the main thing is to give people permission to feel it and to put grief at the heart of what Extinction Rebellion's about.

We had a 25-step process coming up with the name Extinction Rebellion.

The Earth needs rebels!

When Tunisians overthrew Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 29 days and Egyptians Hosni Mubarak in 18 days, it was an appropriate rebuke to dictators and Bin Laden.

I am supremely humbled to receive the 40 Under Forty honor by Stony Brook University in the category of Civil Service and Activism.

One reason George Soros has been able to be so active in the political arena is that he has received a considerable amount of our tax dollars to fund his activities.

Regardless of how much media coverage will be received, talking and raising awareness about social injustice isn't enough.

For us political activists and candidates, the morning after any election is a mix of emotions - the personal and the immediate, the culmination of your own recent campaigning efforts; and the fortunes of your party and the success or otherwise of what you stand for and believe in.

Barack Obama has come closer than any figure in recent history to obeying a direct call of the people to the brutal and bloody fields of political mission.

Unless I move to a desert island with poor reception, I'll never stop speaking out!

Reckless capitalism kills black people.

Many of us believed that Black Lives Matter would move this country to not only reckon with white racism but to usher in new laws and practices that would curb vigilantism and law enforcement violence. But, instead, white nationalism was nurtured and began to take root among the American people.

The idea is, we use our platform, community, brand recognition, and other methods to really raise awareness and inspire ordinary people to own bold, important social messages.

You're starting to see more and more athletes recognizing their reach and how much leverage and power that they have in their celebrity and in their platform. And more and more guys are trying to use that leverage to better their communities, to better this country and are speaking out on injustice.

Dr. King gave his life to peace and justice and reconciliation between people, black and white, rich and poor, and he was a great hero for not only people who were oppressed in our country but for people who believed in justice both here and around the world.

My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you.

Locking up dissenters does not reduce dissent - it fosters it.

In the absence of a Congress ready to act to reduce gun violence, we will keep working to create a different Congress.