Quotes About Activism

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. —Desmond Tutu2

Every step of the way throughout my life as an athlete and activist, I felt my father's large hand on my shoulder guiding me down a path of service and justice. When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. -Bayard Rustin

I am a proud, gay person of color and I will not be intimidated into mediocrity or legislated into conformity!

We must fight intolerance, racism and the far-Right.

Margaret Sanger didn't just introduce the idea of birth control into our culture at large, she freed women from indenture to their bodies.

Prosecuting Gamergate is not about justice for me or the women of Giant Spacekat. It's about introducing consequences into the equation for men that treat harassing women like a game.

I'm very involved in church and social-justice issues, and my personality is far more introspective.

One's enemies are always talking about 'post-feminism.' It is a word invented by people who would like to do away with feminism.

I brought attention to the fact that people need to be more involved in politics and not just let the establishment continue to control politics.

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

I hope to make clear that involvement in small scale community work can make a difference in our city's politics.

Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran.

I don't want anything to affect my freedom, and we don't want Saudi Arabia to be another Iran.

You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you won't hear me comment on the Iraq war. You'll only hear me talk about being gay and being an actor. I am just public on those two issues.

Whether or not you call it Black Lives Matter, whether or not you put a hashtag in front of it, whether or not you call it the Movement for Black Lives, all of that is irrelevant. Because there was resistance before Black Lives Matter, and there will be resistance after Black Lives Matter.

The more I'm educated on things like the Black Lives Matter movement, police brutality, and things that I feel passionate about, I never want to come off irresponsible for choosing a name that is disrespectful.

I'm a proud feminist, people get irritated with that word... but we need feminism in our country.

In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee.

I've been fighting with Acorn, alongside Acorn, on issues you care about, my entire career.

If people see that I'm fully committed to my chosen charities and fully engaged in their issues, maybe they'll click a link to find out more.

Bernie Sanders is our Jesse Jackson only more so.

You can jail a revolutionary, but you can't jail the revolution.

When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail, I was just a comedian.

I'd been going to jail for like, 10 years before the Stonewall.