Quotes About Activism

The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery.

My continued incarceration has served some good purposes. My defense committee has served as a training ground for other organizers in their defense of freedom and justice.

My main fight is for freedom and equality.

Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom.

The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.

I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.

Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.

Please use your freedom to promote ours.

I want every American to be free to stand up for his rights, even if sometimes he has to sit down for them.

Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.

As far as I am concerned, freedom summer never really ended.

The struggle for freedom and justice is now.

I will not stop fighting against Islam until I have achieved freedom for our country.

I shall go wherever I am asked to participate for freedom.

Freedom is indivisible, and either we are working for freedom or you are working for the sake of your self-interests and I am working for mine.

You don't have to carry a gun to be a freedom fighter.

These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear.

The answer to subversion of democracy is more democracy, more freedom, more justice.

People who speak up for freedom in regimes that are oppressive are often a threat.

It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you (a) become really committed to winning, and (b) become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom.

No successful political transition can take place without leaders and movements that demand and press for freedom.

For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in issues of social justice, political freedom, and civil rights.

The Negro revolt is not aimed at winning friends but at winning freedom, not interpersonal warmth but institutional justice.

Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.