The big companies are like steel and activists are like heat. Activists soften the steel, and then I can bend it into… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Activists who aren't 'straight, white and Christian' have pushed back against bigotry for many generations, and they have secured hard-won advances. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Gay activists claim that because I don't subscribe to their political agenda, I am a homophobe, meaning I have a mental disorder… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
MPs are only elected thanks to the help of ordinary members - activists on the ground who traipse the streets, post leaflets… — Grant Shapps Copy Share Image
Social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter should be urged to adhere to business practices that maximize the safety of activists using… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
We need trans activists who are good, smart, informed and who can be strong voices against transphobia, homophobia and racism. — Lux Pascal Copy Share Image
Most people, especially activists, recognize their differences with others rather than what they have in common and that leads to frustration more… — Dan Mathews Copy Share Image
I don't want to play these games of statistics any more; I have done that. I don't want to be imprisoned by… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
What has to be understood is that most whistle-blowers are not natural activists - this one certainly wasn't. We usually work in… — Katharine Gun Copy Share Image
If peace activists really want to make changes, they have to start putting intense pressure on their elected officials. Of course, everything… — Cindy Sheehan Copy Share Image
There was a time when women social activists asked men to stand up for their rights, but this time we will do… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
Over the years, HIV/AIDS activists and their allies have been pioneers in creating new frontiers in the medical establishment. Through their efforts,… — David Mixner Copy Share Image
Grassroots groups challenge the "business-as-usual" environmentalism that is generally practiced by the more privileged wildlife-and conservation-oriented groups. The focus of activists of… — Robert D Bullard Copy Share Image
“This is the last day of class, so I need to tell you that you are all activists. Each one of you… — Skye Warren Copy Share Image
I think of some of my friends who have passed to the spirit world but are who here with me when I… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
It's just impossible to ignore the activists in your party. These are the people who stuff the envelopes, and walk the precincts,… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda. — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Political activists of all stripes are usually a wacky bunch, and never more so than in a system like Britain's, where power… — Will Self Copy Share Image
“It is also aimed at experienced human rights activists who are looking for a handy collection of facts to use in any… — Christina Engela 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
The queue of activists, interest groups, and ordinary people wringing their hands over what a President Donald Trump might do in office… — Charles C. Mann Copy Share Image
“Many young activists tend to resist spirituality, thinking that religion has nothing to do with social change and is, in fact, part… — Adam Bucko Copy Share Image
The Leave side can only win if we have an effective ground campaign comprising of activists from across the political spectrum working… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Hesitating and hand-wringing when confronted by violence discourages the human-rights activists on the front lines and emboldens the enemy. — Richard Grenell Copy Share Image
I see [activists] getting really angry that people won't just do what the evidence tells them, and that's not very helpful. You… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
O.K., helplessness is repugnant to me, as a father, as a piece of protoplasm. My parents were activists. I don't believe you… — Marshall Brickman Copy Share Image
We're seeing the sort of liberal phenomenon of activists that are speaking out. And they have every right to do so. I… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
I really encourage people to travel so we can see how the rest of the world views our country. That's really important.… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
People are not afraid to be activists, to be vocal. And I think back to my years in college, and that wasn't… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Collectively, we activists are essential to advancing U.S. policy to help empower marginalized people to lift themselves and their communities out of… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
“To say nothing is saying something. You must denounce things you are against or one might believe that you support things you… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“There is always a storm. There is always rain. Some experience it. Some live through it. And others are made from it.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
My grandfather, my grandmother especially, I have a whole family of activists, they've always told me to stand up for what I… — DeAndre Yedlin Copy Share Image
There are many cases of activists having their Facebook pages and accounts deactivated at critical times, when they are right in the… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
At a certain point, we saw the police cracking down on the Occupy Wall Street activists. I won't call the actions of… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
When trouble strikes, which it always does - bad economy, bad quarter, activists, takeover - when trouble strikes, those board members who… — Carol Bartz Copy Share Image
Animal rights activists gives disillusioned feminists an excuse to go back to being women protecting wee creatures without compromising their radical credentials — Florence King Copy Share Image
I've met many lesbian, gay and trans activists who've told me what they face, sometimes even within the school gates: hate crime,… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image