Quotes About Activism

I don't believe there can be a poetic novel without political consciousness. I have a strong political conscience.

Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.

When I first started out, I thought it was enough to make an angry song that pointed out the problems of the world.

We had violence directed at us by the growers themselves, trying to run us down by cars, pointing rifles at us, spraying the people when they were on the picket line with sulfur.

I am not an anti to anything which will bring freedom to my class.

Many militants of the secular cause look astonishingly like clergy. Worse: like caricatures of clergy.

The main cause that I have attached my name to and am working diligently in is the issue of climate change.

I'd probably go Green because I am really worried about climate change and the planet.

I don't think I could have - and I wouldn't have wanted to - write a book about climate change that wasn't about justice and equality.

I see myself as a climber and an activist.

In the past, we had several dog butcher shops in Cheongnyangni, but I closed almost all of them down through various measures.

Liberal Democrats have been leading the fight for a People's Vote and we're getting closer to that with each day.

When Boston harnesses the collective energy, activism, and joy of all our communities, we will make the change we need and deserve - at scale and at street level.

College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity.

Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself.

I think it's very important that we don't sound like militants. Often what we do is we give a comment, and because it comes across with passion, then we're 'angry black people.'

When I became aware of how inhumane it is to test on animals, I made a commitment not to buy anything that was.

You have to be committed to expand rights and opportunities for all women.

My family played a part in bringing communism to Lebanon.

I want to leave this world as a Communist.

We never had any money. All the money we used to get, my father would give to the Communist Party.

I've been a bit surprised, and encouraged, by the NBA's support for athletes that speak out. Compared to the NFL, it's night and day.

I feel it's part of my job to make the problems of the poor compelling.

I'm not a docile, complacent person when it comes to racial aggressions.