Quotes About Activism

If my activism, however well-motivated, drives out love, then I have misunderstood Jesus' gospel. I am stuck with law, not the gospel of grace.

GARY: Speaking of pain and blood, did you read about the artist who raised all these frogs in his apartment and released them outside a school in New York City? ANDY: That was a slaughter. Inhumane. I heard he got charged with animal cruelty. The members of PETA want long jail time. Why should a frog's life be any less than a human life? GARY: Well the answer is simple: they don't consume goods and contribute to the economy.

Now, it's are you now, have you ever been, and will you ever be in the future a supporter of non-violent boycotts against Israeli violations of international law? That's an outrage.

In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining their jubilant singing of the Internationale. In the two decades since, each time that I have gone back, visions from those days seem to return with increasing persistence.

My earliest memories are when my father was the attorney general at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. We would go to visit him at the Justice Department and take the tunnel over to the FBI building and watch the sharpshooters at practice.

When donors visited the Black Panther Party, they came and saw our real programs, a real clinic, with real doctors and medics, giving service to people.

No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.

Our Revolution has been the keeper of the flame doing the vital work of building a grassroots movement that leverages the people's agenda.

It is vital that MPs take the issue of climate change seriously and support the students in their activism. They can rest assured that I certainly do.

It is vital to speak up in a democracy. Otherwise we are living in dictatorships.

John Lewis' vital role in the civil rights movement will never be forgotten, and his legacy will forever be acknowledged by our state and our country.

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

There is nothing negative about a group of people crying out for democracy - and if my voice counts, I will be vocal.

There might have been a point in my career where, because people have been telling me I'm an activist, I took on that label. But in retrospect, I don't think that's what I am - or what I've been - just because I'm vocal about my identity sometimes.

I think Mr. Cosby has always been very much an activist and a big proponent of African-American pride. That's how 'The Cosby Show' came about. I think in his older years, he has gotten a lot more direct and vocal about it. But I think he only wants the best for all of us.

In the age of activism that is clearly not going away, it would seem that some form of engagement from directors with shareholders - rather than directors simply taking their cues from management - would go a long way toward helping boards work on behalf of all shareholders rather just the most vocal.

People are not afraid to be activists, to be vocal. And I think back to my years in college, and that wasn't the case.

You don't realize it until you go out and take a look, but there are so many ways in which sexism is just allowed in our culture, not just in the entertainment industry. It's just allowed to be there, and that's not acceptable anymore. And I think it's really important to be very vocal.

I think the Democrats' role is to be vocal.

The millennial generation is very vocal.

Some days, I don't recognise my country, and other days, I see people being vocal and passionate, and I think, 'There's my country.'

You want to win races? You've got to get out there, and you've got to be vocal, and you've got to work. When you win, you've got to actually represent. You've got to be willing to fight your party.

I feel like being vocal on social media, especially working in an industry that is very Eurocentric.

There is an awful lot you can accomplish by being a vocal champion for a certain cause.