Quotes About Activism

It is not a campaign. It is a rebellion. We are in active rebellion against our government. The social contract is broken, the governments aren't protecting us and it's down to us now.

Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.

I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were critical social issues. From the very beginning this was my goal.

I sing about social issues, not the boy-girl stuff.

Kulanu is the only party actually championing social issues.

Christians need to embrace that there need to be believers talking about love and social issues and all other aspects of life.

In Japan, there has always been a small number of musicians who have been outspoken on social issues, but they tend to be dismissed as radical.

I know it's very comfortable to sit at home and stay with your family, kids and friends and not worry about anything. But with the platform we have we should be the people that scream at the social issues and put them out there so as a society we can move forward.

Social issues is something I've been a part of changing and pushing for. It's embedded and ingrained in my soul. It's not something that personally I try to plan. It just comes in the heat of the moment.

I have spent all my life advocating on behalf of the poor, oppressed and marginalized. As a social justice and human rights activist, and now as President of the Republic of Malawi, I have a deep appreciation for the challenges of those on the margins of society.

Oxfam is part of a global movement for social justice. We mainly work to fight for economic and social rights for people without a voice or people who are oppressed.

My son Emilio is running for Congress to continue the fight for social justice.

We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now we must add a new fight - the fight for electoral justice.

Aside from my family, I have two great loves in my life: acting and the fight for social justice.

Whatever I do, it will be fighting for social justice.

It's to be a person who's able to shoot little arrows into sacred cows and knock politicians off their pedestals, to look out for hypocrisy, advocate for all sorts of things from social justice to peace.

My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.

I think that a church should be setting the pace for social justice.

My kids are really into social justice.

If you're into social justice it's hard not to be on black people's side.

My parents being from Nigeria deeply informs all my social justice and human rights work.

Boycotts have been a critical part of social justice in American history, particularly for African-Americans.

I consider myself a social justice person.

There are always groups on campus that are doing amazing things. I know when I was in college, I was a student at the University of Arizona, working on my bachelor's in history, and I got involved with a number of different groups that were connected to different social justice issues that I cared about.