Quotes About Activism

Calling the earth activists, lightworkers, spiritual warriors. Stay awake. Take action. Spread awareness.

We ask only for justice and equal rights-the right to vote, the right to our own earnings, equality before the law.

If we do not save the environment, then whatever we do in civil rights will be of no meaning, because then we will have the equality of extinction.

My hope for America and the activists is that they never, ever go back to sleep, and they keep fighting for social justice, equality, and decency.

Our objective is complete freedom, justice and equality by any means necessary.

I am in the Labour Party because I am a feminist. I am in the Labour Party because I believe in equality.

I believe the era of the militant lady is back.

I argue that legal equality has failed resistance movements aimed at transforming material conditions of violence, and that trans activists should take a decidedly different approach.

What the champions of suffrage understood was that the vote is not just a symbol of our equality, but that it can be, if used, a guarantee of results.

Equality is never given, it is taken.

I recall Ghandi said ultimately all things devolve into the political, but I'd argue that all things devolve into pro-people and anti-people. And I can pose the question, which side are you on?

I knew from experience of the past that this butchering of people was done for the express purpose of defeating the eight-hour movement.

The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst.

We never gave up. We didn't get lost in a sea of despair. We kept the faith. We kept pushing and pulling. We kept marching. And we made some progress.

Faithful to the cause of Prohibition - She hath done what she could

It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice.

Norman Lear considers almost any Christian who speaks up for and acts on his or her faith to be 'dangerous.'

Martin Luther King was a voice to the voiceless, and he did that tirelessly, and his faith was the engine to that. But he was just a human being, at the end of the day.

It doesn't matter what age or race you are, you can still make a difference in the world.

I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon but i want to STAY ALIVE.

When Stone created an outfit called Citizens United Not Timid (CUNT) during the 2008 presidential campaign, Bossie's group sued him. Stone, maintaining it was a gag, settled the lawsuit.

As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility — which I do.

One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.