Gays and lesbians gained rights in this country though activism and organizing, creating political space and demanding change so that lawmakers and… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
When we, hijras, started our activism, we had to tell people, "We exist, we are humans. Please give us nothing but our… — Laxmi Narayan Tripathi Copy Share Image
“Discussing, learning and teaching, studying and communicating, participating in actions—these are some of the forms of activism that constitute the central axis… — Michael Hardt Copy Share Image
“To really change the world, we have to help people change the way they see things. Global betterment is a mental process,… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“Awards and recognition are not the purpose of life and not the goal of an activist. The heart of an activist usually… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
It's not like activist work is a nice add-on to what's really important, the spiritual work. The two are inseparable and it… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
We have to create conditions where people feel safe to feel and to care. That goes against a lot of our programming… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
“Another part of the Puritan legacy is the belief that no one should have joy or abundance until everyone does, a belief… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“For we the people will always be arriving a ceremony of thunder waking up the earth opening our eyes to human monuments.… — Sonia Sanchez Copy Share Image
“Deep listening is an act of surrender. We risk being changed by what we hear. When I really want to hear another… — Valarie Kaur Copy Share Image
“We cannot afford to be discouraged from challenging the corporate control of our food system, our genetic commons, our shared resources, or… — Wenonah Hauter Copy Share Image
“There's a certain drama in going down in a good cause. Any decent politician is masochistic enough to dream now and then… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“None of us really has any idea how many lives we touch or what impact we have on those lives. In most… — Carolyn Baker Copy Share Image
“Then all at once he´d hear his own voice enunciating clearly and firmly, feel its reverberance along the walls and ceiling, feel… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
Violence is taught systematically from various angles in the television serials and cinemas. The Police are shown as partnering with nasty politicians… — T Joseph Benziger Copy Share Image
My activism really is for myself, because I see places in the world where I feel I should be. If there is… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The people I've met through my path in activism, we're trying to bring real people into a leadership role because we are… — Paula Jean Swearengin Copy Share Image
Khairani Barokka is a writer, spoken-word poet, visual artist and performer whose work has a strong vein of activism, particularly around disability,… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Rebels and dissidents challenge the complacent belief in a just world, and, as the theory would predict, they are usually denigrated for… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
[On the Internet and activism:] The danger of the Internet is cocooning with the like-minded online - of sending an email or… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
My reporting in Africa wouldn't be political per se, but it's certainly the point of my reporting - and of a lot… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
I remember at the time - right before we started Feministing.com - doing a Google search for the term "young feminism" and… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Students typically are at a period of their lives when they're more free than at any other time. They're out of parental… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are some political issues where mainstream press attention only hurts. We think about activism as being this generic model of consciousness-raising,… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
When you hear anyone policing the bodies of trans women, misgendering and othering us, and violently exiling us from spaces, you should… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“In the South, we knew our adversary would stop at nothing to silence our activism. We knew we could never match his… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
“Progress both in the United States and other nations was only ever achieved through the ability to challenge power and orthodoxies and… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“The world was in terrible shape, and I'm glad we stood up and said what we believed; but a lot of the… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
“Why is it we don’t intervene in the bureaucracy?” asks Chris Bobel, the gender studies scholar, who has noted that many young… — Emily Matchar Copy Share Image
Activism spawned by Sanders campaign is beginning to make inroads into electoral politics. Under Barack Obama, the Democratic Party pretty much collapsed… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Even before 'Pose,' I was involved in activism and advocating for my community in various ways. I didn't see that stopping with… — Indya Moore Copy Share Image
You are talking to a leftist. I believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. I believe in universal… — Abbie Hoffman Copy Share Image
I don't claim to know a lot about Mexico, but I did talk to quite a number of left Mexican intelectuals, and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Start dealing with high level and stop the so-called political leaders from being wrong models. Corruption can be eliminated from India in… — K S Venkataraman Copy Share Image
The most disappointing feature of working for a cause is that so few people have a philosophy of life. We used to… — Jeannette Rankin Copy Share Image
“I think the church is often a culprit in the busyness, especially in the evangelical church. Again, it's part of being Americans.… — Kevin Deyoung Copy Share Image
We have two choices: One is to continue to see a poor, ill, crying Africa, carrying guns, that depends on other people… — Zeresenay Alemseged Copy Share Image
“I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
You have so much responsibility because when you're in the kitchen, it's not just food, it's where the food comes from, what… — Dominique Crenn Copy Share Image
“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image