The Occupy Wall Street protests at last suggest that…

To understand Occupy Wall Street, you have to understand artists. Art is freedom - freedom of expression - and its message has resonated through…

— Peter M. Brant

As inequality grows, the basic bonds of social fraternity are fraying - as we discussed in regard to Occupy Wall Street. As tensions increase,…

— Edward Snowden

Whatever will happen has to be based on long-term policies and strategies of resistance. We had the Occupy Wall Street movement, but when they…

— Raoul Peck

[Occupy Wall Street] had an impact on consciousness. It was not effective in realizing change.

— Edward Snowden

I locate a great deal of the power of Occupy Wall Street in the name itself, 'Occupy Wall Street,' or '#OccupyWallStreet.' It works because…

— Dana Spiotta

“Occupy Wall Street and the Free State Project were ostensibly leaderless organizations that eschewed new power hierarchies.”

— Nathaniel Popper

If Occupy Wall Street can see their way to more collaboration with the union movement, then there will be a great deal of political…

— David Harvey

Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it's easy to understand the inspiration for its anger as…

— Eric Alterman

Occupy Wall Street was a disorganized movement without a clear focus and power base - essential in any successful revolution - but the message…

— Janine di Giovanni

The rich get richer and the poor get the picture. I think this Occupy Wall Street thing is great.

— Simon Baker

The Occupy Wall Street project feels like a burning ember that might light the torch of justice and inflame our longing for freedom.

— James A. Forbes

I believe strongly that Occupy Wall Street had such limits because the local authorities were able to enforce, basically in our imaginations, an image…

— Edward Snowden

Thank you, Occupy Wall Street. With your vivid example of anticapitalist squalor, I've been able to convince all three of my children to become…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Occupy Wall Street is meant more as a way of life that spreads through contagion, creates as many questions as it answers, aims to…

— Douglas Rushkoff

Occupy Wall Street is a real movement.

— Russ Feingold