Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great… — Michael N. Castle Copy Share Image
As I look back over my life, before I had any real identity, I was a traveler. I grew up an Army… — Michelle Shocked Copy Share Image
“To make peace is not a passive endeavor, but rather an activist mindset that works toward the end of conflict. In our… — Dillon Burroughs Copy Share Image
I hope March is a guide for today's activists. It took raw courage for young people to volunteer to go to Mississippi… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
“Don't waste life inflating your ego with elitist armchair analysis like some overfed aristocratic twit, you have circuits to break.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Two presidents pursued human rights policies that were serious and effective: Reagan and George W. Bush. They understood that American support for… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
I'm not an activist by nature. I am suspicious of Utopian thinking and equally suspicious of its alternate. I would prefer to… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I am a community activist, philanthropist, breast cancer survivor, advocate and founder and board chair of the Thelma D. Jones Breast Cancer… — Thelma Jones Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of jobs and titles while working in politics. But at the end of the day, one thing has… — Karine Jean-Pierre Copy Share Image
Indeed, the best practical reason to think that social media can help bring political change is that both dissidents and governments think… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
The Kochs have been activists since the 1970s. You can go back and look at the platform of the Libertarian Party in… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
I've been on both sides: the victim and the villain. I was the victimised model, and everything from my weight to my… — Erin O'Connor Copy Share Image
I think it is effective when activists work from the margins, and I think that's the best way to go about it.… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
To really tackle poverty, politicians, activists, academics will all have to think outside their boxes, will have to start developing much more… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
If I ever called myself an activist, I regret it, and I was cornered into it by an industry who couldn't justify… — Hari Nef Copy Share Image
I think we all want to be Gisele Bündchen. Whether it inspires. Not only for her beauty. Successful she is, is a… — Erin Heatherton Copy Share Image
Most activists on the Left believe that they, not only their values, are morally superior to their adversaries. Therefore, coercing people to… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Poetry, song, stories, art, our reverence for nature, are key to our survival as a species, and to the survival of all… — Michael Tobias Copy Share Image
Portland is a place where you can find a community as a feminist, a vegan or a fat activist. Artists, musicians, knitters,… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
Coming up, at 89 years old, acclaimed sculptor Gerson Frank was finally able to marry his longtime partner, Bill. Their relationship has… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
The only way we will ever reduce the debt and balance the budget is if America beats Washington and tea party activists… — Matt Kibbe Copy Share Image
“Words are fossilized butterfly wings, pretty to look at sometimes, but only good for Museums. I want to miserably burn down the… — Jeremiah Walton Copy Share Image
For all the idealism that propels him through the story, if you read between the lines you may see that at a… — James Vance Copy Share Image
I believe education is the key. As an activist and a child of the developing world, I witnessed education's power to transform… — Shakira Copy Share Image
Breast feeding activists plan to descend on Washington for a public breast feeding demonstration. Also descending on Washington, thousands of men saying,… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Agitators, organizers, activists, intellectuals aren't bound by those rules. We're not trying to figure out, how do I thread this particular needle? — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
There's a lot of injustice in the world and it's what I sing about in my music and what I try to… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
The things that are important to me - being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist - are all things that were borne… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
American labor rights activist, on activities of the National Farm Workers Association Human law may know no distinction among men in respect… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I think that where I've gotten frustrated during the course of my presidency has never been because I was getting pushed too… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Every day I get better at knowing that it is not a choice to be an activist; rather, it is the only… — Staceyann Chin Copy Share Image
I suppose I am one: an activist - for animals and a vegan lifestyle. I hear that word, however, and look around… — Victoria Moran Copy Share Image
So much of my work is as Yara, not as a character. If you're attacking my work as a philanthropist or activist,… — Yara Shahidi Copy Share Image
I argue that legal equality has failed resistance movements aimed at transforming material conditions of violence, and that trans activists should take… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
We all have our moments. But you can switch it around. Then you've got the activist type who bases their decisions in… — Michelle Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“There are horrible events going on all over the world. Human beings are really fucking up. Poets, we can’t just write poems.… — Jeremiah Walton Copy Share Image
This great American institution [Boy Scouts of America] has come under attack from homosexual activists-who may well set their sights on your… — Jay Sekulow Copy Share Image
I had always been interested in politics. I had assumed, for a variety of - well, for two reasons, being Jewish and… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Scientists and religious leaders, activists and first nation leaders, CEOs of corporations and actors, all of us need to come together right… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image