Quotes About Activism

Most people don't know who Ken Mehlman is. He's the chairman of the Republican Party, obviously, but what he's doing that Howard Dean isn't doing is spending a lot of time on the nuts and bolts of putting the party together.

For those of us in the opposition movement under dictatorships, part of our job is confronting police and spending time in prison. So, a dissident not only needs to learn how to oppose oppression but also how to face the crackdowns and time in prison.

In every generation and in every intellectual sphere and in every political moment, there have been African American women who have articulated the need to think and talk about race through a lens that looks at gender or think and talk about feminism through a lens that looks at race.

Spider-Man is supposed to be 'neighborhood friendly,' but I've never seen that dude at a Black Lives Matter march.

'Malcolm X' is my favorite Spike Lee movie.

When the Exxon Valdez spilled in 1989, I was angry. I even wrote on the back of my car, Boycott Exxon!

I think of some of my friends who have passed to the spirit world but are who here with me when I go to events and when I walk in my own community. My sisters, Ingred, my sister Marsha, and my sister Nielock. All cofounders of the Indigenous Women's Network with me. All long time women activists in the native community.

Spirituality is the foundation of all my political work.

When I first came to Harvard, I thought to myself, 'What kind of an Indian am I?' because I did not grow up on a reservation. But being an Indian is a combination of things. It's your blood. It's your spirituality. And it's fighting for the Indian people.

Where I come from, people will spit at you if they think you support Enbridge.

I was the first candidate to come out against this war, spoke at every anti-war march.

There's a gap somehow between empathy and activism. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of 'soul force' - something that emanates from a deep truth inside of us and empowers us to act. Once you identify your inner genius, you will be able to take action, whether it's writing a check or digging a well.

From activist stage, I just spoke and said whatever I had to say. When the writing started, I would just read it. Then I had the interest into going into musical aspects. When that happened in '86, I liked the result of work we did in the studio.

Even after facing jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. courageously and boldly spoke out against racial inequality.

The Greenham women left home for peace: 'Not in our name!' they cried. And in doing so, they spoke for millions.

Imagine if everyone spoke out about injustices. We would be in a better place, I think.

I wish when I was 15 that I realized my voice was important and that even my thoughts and my opinions had value. Had I known, I probably would've spoken up more. I probably would've found my activism sooner and become a writer sooner.

I've spoken about politics a lot over the years and my main issue that I championed was just general engagement in politics.

I'm not loved by GLAAD or by HRC. I'm not going to be a spokesman for those groups, which are based on fundraising.

I never wear fur, and I am a spokesperson for PETA.

It is a little scary to go across the whole country, and basically the world, and be like, 'What's up? I'm gay, and you should let me get married everywhere.' I don't feel like I'm a spokesperson. I just sing what my experience is.

Out of control judicial activism threatens traditional marriage in America.

I care nothing for all the political parties in the world except as they stand for justice.

I want my commitment to ending girl marriage to be equal to my commitment to ending apartheid.