Quotes About Activism

I am political. But not politically active. I'm not my dad. I'll never write polemic, as he did.

I'm a person who's always been politically active and passionate about people's rights.

Politically active people felt more and more disenfranchised, particularly during the ultra-New Labour years.

I am a politically motivated person, and that will come through in the music.

I'd been politically active ever since my parents wheeled me in a stroller in a 'ban the bomb' march in Boston in 1963.

I think I'm gradually becoming a more politically aware person.

We have quite a few political songs: 'Channel Z,' let's 'Keep This Party Going' on. Our lyrics aren't too hit-you-over-the-head, but they have political undertones. We're active politically.

Some schools have decided to openly support the anti-capitalist Black Lives Matter group - often fully aware that they have the statutory duty to be politically impartial.

I'm a feminist, of course, and I feel as if I'm very politically correct, although I do question what's P.C. and what's not - I don't just accept what I'm told.

I think Black Lives Matter has some really thuggish elements in it. Look - at the risk of being incredibly politically incorrect, but I guess that's my job - I think that all lives matter. Not least black lives.

No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough.

I am not a politician or a military strategist. I am just a citizen voicing my opinions.

You should not want to be a politician because you want to be president. You should be a politician because you want to fix the world or represent a movement.

I'm not a politician. I'm somebody who knows the world can be better, and I'm willing to fight for it.

I was very fortunate to grow up in France with amazing parents who allowed me to understand the importance of activism. My dad was a politician but he was also an activist, and my mom was a beautiful feminist who took care of others.

I'm really not a politician: I don't have a political background, though I've been an activist fighting for my community for years. So I had to learn a lot about my government.

In the old days I'd like to have been a politician, when I think the world was more idealistic. When I was young I did a lot of campaigning.

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax.

I did a filmstrip on pollution in the Davison area as my Eagle Scout project and showed it around town. Businesses who were the polluters were mad at me.

You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity that should be opened up to them. But at the same time I believe that people of color are not the only poor people in America and all over the world.

If there are activists in Cosas and they do poorly academically, then they would be cited as examples as to why others should not be in Cosas.

I have bigger concerns than what pop stars are doing. I'm more concerned about our environment, what industrialists are doing to it.

I would like to see the gay population get on board with feminism. It's a beautiful organisation and they've done so much. It seems to me a no-brainer.