Quotes About Activism

Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.

If people are not listening to you as individuals, it's always good to get together and make a stand for something.

It's really important for everyone in our community to stand for something.

I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.

Get up. Stand up. Speak up. Do something.

I can think of nothing more American than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights - anytime, anywhere, anyplace.

I appreciate people trying to stand up for animals.

As the blowback against those who stand up for what is right thickens, I feel it is necessary to push forward with a relentless determination.

We need someone who is going to stand up, speak up, and speak out for the people who need help, for the people who have been discriminated against.

As the daughter of a civil rights leader, I believe in the power that compels people to stand up for their freedoms, for justice and opportunity. I know that marching inspires people to take an active role in creating positive change for a better America.

You have to stand up for some things in this world.

We have the freedom of speech. We are able to hold hands in protest and stand up for what we believe in and have people hear what you have to say.

Remember that in the early days of the feminist movement, they refused to have a leader; different women would just stand up and speak. The early feminists were very careful to not put what was spontaneously arising back in the old bottle.

I'm a huge advocate for human rights and cultural rights. I stand up for minorities and will always continue to do so.

I think it's so important as an artist to stand up for what you believe in, and I think that if equal rights is something that you really believe in, and you have a voice that people listen to, and you need to share that - I think that's really important.

It's important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They're the star.

You can't be a feminist in the United States and stand up for the rights of the American woman and then say that you don't want to stand up for the rights of Palestinian women in Palestine. It's all connected.

You must still stand up and say no when society is facing a backslide or a moment of danger.

The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.

Someone has to stand up and speak for the freedoms of the little guy.

And there are certain things, and they are evident, obviously, without being boring about it, but I mean obviously, the two evident and easy ones being Gandhi and Cry Freedom, there are things which I do care about very much and which I would like to stand up and be counted.

Given this platform of being an Olympic athlete, I think it's really important that we stand up for what we believe in, and we speak out against things that we think are wrong and injust.

I feel there are injustices in the world that I'll stand up for, and I think that it's important to realize that the world is filled with these kinds of issues.

I think it's so important for somebody like me to stand up for the things I believe in and speak up on things I don't think are right.