“The innumerable losses of industrial civilization’s collapse will, over time, bring forth a new story and a new relationship with people, resources,… — Carolyn Baker Copy Share Image
Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That's what movements do. Movements educate… — Unita Blackwell Copy Share Image
“Each of us lives with a sword over his head. There are those who can ignore its shadow and those who cannot.… — Murray Kempton Copy Share Image
Photography can still be used to champion activism and change. I believe this, even while standing in the cool winds of postmodernism...… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things we believe in, regardless of what our job is. At least… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
One should be cautious about "general conceptions." I think a strong case can be made that activism today is as high as… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One thing that makes me very happy is to see the growing activism among chefs in America. Chefs like Tom Colicchio, Bill… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A spirituality that is only private and self-absorbed, one devoid of an authentic political and social consciousness, does little to halt the… — Andrew Harvey Copy Share Image
I hope they're present in their lives and feel some kind of empathy. I think a lot of the mistakes that have… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
“To engage in activism that envisions alternatives ways of organizing society and alternative ways of being is to risk membership in society,… — Deborah B. Gould Copy Share Image
“In the case of Tunisia, it was indeed this single act that sparked what had been long-standing active protest movements and moved… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The way that you eliminate bad and ugly is either through activism and policy making that never tolerates evil -- instead of… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
“The academic and writer Sara Ahmed has written brilliantly about the idea of the feminist killjoy, and why it should be embraced… — Kira Cochrane Copy Share Image
I live to the rhythm of my country and I cannot remain on the sidelines. I want to be here. I want… — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
My parents didn't really restrict my movement, so I got involved in the underground music scene and the activism scene; I was… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
“I really admire people in the public eye, who have affluence and celebrity, who give back, who take a stand and take… — Eileen Anglin Copy Share Image
You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
“...she was something more- a force, a stable, familiar force like something out of my past which kept me from whirling off… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
The imperialistic or capitalistic system occupies areas. It occupies Vietnam now. They occupy them by sending soldiers there, by sending policeman there.… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
Liberalism in various guises - feminism, the sexual revolution, gay activism - has been at war with marriage and family for several… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
What is music in America? It's this stand-in for political action in a lot of senses. We have no democracy and we… — Ian Svenonius Copy Share Image
The New Deal never rethought the draconian racist immigration restriction policies of the 20s, of course, but its electoral base rested significantly… — David Roediger Copy Share Image
If you start from a belief that the most knowledgeable person on earth does not have even one percent of the total… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“It would be easy to quit if it was just about me, Khalil, that night, and that cop. It's about way more… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
When you're a 20-something grassroots activist, and you're deciding how to spend your time and money to make a difference, it makes… — Rod Coronado Copy Share Image
“So I think that a protest,' she went on, 'like a work of dance or a work of music, is something done,… — Eugene Lim Copy Share Image
I feel like when you say 'activist,' you have to have so much clarity, and I don't always necessarily have so much… — SZA Copy Share Image
I think, for one, the LGBTQ community is just a paragon of leadership, of standing up and saying "these are our rights,… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
“I spent the beginning of my focus on activism by doing what most everyone else was doing; blaming other people and institutions.… — Peter Joseph Copy Share Image
“God remains silent so that men and women may speak, protest, and struggle. God remains silent so that people may really become… — Elsa Tamez Copy Share Image
“Don’t think it is enough to attend meetings and sit there like a lump…. It is better to address envelopes than to… — Marjory Stoneman Douglas Copy Share Image
...We have an historic opportunity for a great global healing and renewal. If we will accept the challenge of nonviolent activism with… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
“When, thirty-five years ago, I tried to give a summary of the ideas and principles of that social philosophy that was once… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Understanding the shadow masculine or shadow feminine in oneself is crucial not only for enhancing one ’s own wholeness but for championing… — Carolyn Baker Copy Share Image
There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still. As long as a child needs help, as… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
“It is important for upcoming activists to study American history, as well as political and philosophical thought. It is unlikely that what… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
If Americans loved judicial activism, liberals wouldn't be lying about what it is. Judicial activism means making up constitutional rights in order… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Often people who already had an interest in human rights work. What I did notice with all of them, even the people… — Adam Braver Copy Share Image
“A furious researcher stumbled out of one of the lab buildings and shouted, 'I'm a scientist working on the AIDS cure. Why… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as an activist. I understand that people, with me doing 'Satyameva Jayate,' for example, they will feel that… — Aamir Khan Copy Share Image
