When the average American consumes 43 times as much as the average African, we've got to think that consumption is an issue.… — Jason W Clay Copy Share Image
“I wonder sometimes what would happen if victory was imagined not just as the elimination of evil but the establishment of good...” — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“The only real difficulty with becoming disciplined is when you buy into the notion that happiness comes at the price of sacrifice.… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Activists take the risks, while advocates are professional tinkerers with the system. What's necessary is for those who are advocates to support… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Activism isn't about holding your faults up to the light. That's what comedy is about, it's about saying, 'Look at this person… — Scott Thompson Copy Share Image
Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
Honestly, I'm not a big activism or politic guy. I wouldn't say I'm super educated in that stuff, and I feel like… — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
When we were walking through the narrow alleys [of the Mathare Valley slums], it was literally impossible not to step in the… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Right now, American government has stepped back from offering any kinds of protection for human rights and public health. And the fossil… — Annie Leonard Copy Share Image
I was taught the value of everyday activism and showing up by my grandma, who wasn't a public official, but was a… — Meena Harris Copy Share Image
“The Lacandones have a prophecy that the world will be destroyed when the last mahogany tree is gone. The mahogany is the… — Ralph Metzner Copy Share Image
Dr. King’s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that… — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn't really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical… — Daphne Gottlieb Copy Share Image
In the tangled hierarchy sinner and saint, divine and diabolical, sacred and profane are different faces of our collective Being. Therefore angry… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Non-violent ecological activism, scientific research and art are pillars of my experience. But I am also a story-teller. I merge science, and… — Michael Tobias Copy Share Image
Women's empowerment, whether through legal, financial, or cultural routes, will tend to increase their agency and their ability to take part in… — Deeyah Khan Copy Share Image
“An educator should consider that he has failed in his job if he has not succeeded in instilling some trace of a… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
I think the environmental movement has failed in that it's used the stick too much; it's used the apocalyptic tone too much;… — Edward Burtynsky Copy Share Image
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Another recollection is that [ Paul Johnson] mostly kept away from ideas and dedicated activism, and concentrated on sex lives and other gossip. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I intend to go right on appointing highly qualified individuals of the highest personal integrity to the bench, individuals who understand the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“It takes a female to have a baby, It takes a woman to raise a child, It takes a mother to raise… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I genuinely do want the world to change in a positive way, but I wouldn't call myself an activist, you know? I'm… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I think there's a number of pillars to success. One is you've got to have a great idea. The other is you've… — Jeremy Gilley Copy Share Image
The Tea Party thing is only apt in some ways. The activism in the town halls, that looks superficially like it. But… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I think a culture can really be elevated through the arts, and it's always a dream come true when I come across… — Nazanin Boniadi Copy Share Image
“The only crime of the Government is that it governs. The unpardonable sin of the supreme power is that it is supreme.… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
George Kimble said, 'The only thing dark about Africa is our ignorance of it.' So let's start shedding light on this amazing… — Euvin Naidoo Copy Share Image
We always need to remember that behind almost every great moment in history, there are heroic people doing really boring and frustrating… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
The kind of violence, looting, destruction that we saw from a handful of individuals in Baltimore, there's no excuse for that. That's… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“There's no risk on the path to bliss Be your own activist Imagine altering the process of thoughts to positive and passionate… — Andrew Edward Lucier Copy Share Image
I think, broadly speaking, the US military's role - US military activism in various parts of the Islamic world over the past… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
“To say that the emperor has no clothes is a nice anti-authoritarian gesture, but to say that everything without exception is going… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I'm standing here saying that those who miss the boat now, will miss it forever. So if you want to be in… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
The rhythm of being an activist today involves a pretty simple rhythm. You have to open your eyes to the reality before… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
It's useful for activists just to be out there to keep you mindful and not get complacent, even if ultimately you think… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
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