I was not an activist.

The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and…

— Grace Lee Boggs

Obviously the transgender movement has not progressed in the way that the gay and lesbian movement has. But Im an activist - thats just…

— Chaz Bono

You do what you know is good, because it's good, and then you have a certain peace of mind, saying, you've been an activist…

— Ray McGovern

Black gay activists should try to build coalitions of people for the elimination of all injustice.

— Bayard Rustin

Some kinds of activists are more willing to try stuff out, see if works and think on their feet, but some of the people…

— Duncan Green

I think that compared to other politicians who have been put in jail in the past, compared to the human-rights activists in history who…

— Joshua Wong

I've been an activist since I was a teenager. I was always curious about what we would now call social justice. I remember just…

— Patrisse Cullors

I've been an activist in the LGBT community for a long time. I think nothing's changed, I'm just a little bit more focused on…

— Chaz Bono

Because my graduate academic training at law school was not one that included most of the intellectual traditions I find useful for understanding the…

— Dean Spade

When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp.…

— Shirin Ebadi

I have never been an activist for anything.

— Jim Parsons

We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who…

— Marian Wright Edelman

Social media is not just another way to connect feminist and activist voices - it amplifies our messages as well.

— Jessica Valenti

“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the…

— Shannon L. Alder

“If you teach your children how to bully, or do nothing to stop them, teach them also how to die for their cause.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker