I'd really like to change the world and save it from the mess it's in. I'm so weak, I'm so thin, I… — Ray Davies Copy Share Image
The most basic activism we can have in our lives is to live consciously in a nation living in fantasies. Living consciously… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The South actually has a very strong tradition of activism. The civil rights movement came from down here! It was black activists… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
This is an amazing country, for all of its faults. My feeling is, dig in and let's try to change the world.… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
What most interests me is human connection, whether it's on the street, in community, through music, storytelling, and shared experience. People tell… — Ben Sollee Copy Share Image
You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
anything that becomes a cult, or a mass movement, loses its moral and spiritual value. The crusade has to be personal, individual.… — Rosamond Lehmann 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
Time's Up is finally, it would seem, activism with some teeth. It isn't perfect, however. One of the first acts of protest… — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
“Many hesitate to even start an open discussion that could awaken the people, knowing they must be prepared to face online trolls… — E. Ravago Copy Share Image
I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of the activism… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“Each of us lives with a sword over his head. There are those who can ignore its shadow and those who cannot.… — Murray Kempton Copy Share Image
Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That's what movements do. Movements educate… — Unita Blackwell Copy Share Image
“The innumerable losses of industrial civilization’s collapse will, over time, bring forth a new story and a new relationship with people, resources,… — Carolyn Baker Copy Share Image
I think there's a little more attention to human needs than to property rights. But I don't think much of political activism.… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Hippies started the ecology movement. They combated racism. They liberated sexual stereotypes, encouraged change, individual pride, and self-confidence. They questioned robot materialism.… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Whenever anybody gets involved in politics, its always exciting for me because we take for granted our freedoms and our abilities to… — Emily Saliers Copy Share Image
We understand easily the need for inhaling pure air or eating nutritious food. But the need for becoming inspired by the right… — T Joseph Benziger Copy Share Image
No precautions, and no precautionary principle, can avoid problems that we do not yet foresee. We need a stance of problem-fixing, not… — David Deutsch Copy Share Image
Shareholder activism works when activists understand something about the characteristics of the business that the board doesn't. — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
Political activism is seductive because it seems to offer the possibility that one can improve society, make things better, without going through… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
Don't equate the misbehavior of a low level employee with that of scams running to millions and billions executed by the political… — K S Venkataraman Copy Share Image
The struggle against poverty in the world and the challenge of cutting wealthy country emissions all has a single, very simple solution...… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
I consider myself an 'actorvist.' When I say that, what I mean is that I use my art to inform my activism… — Wilson Cruz Copy Share Image
We have a chance here to prove that [Rwanda], a country that almost slaughtered itself out of existence, can practice reconciliation, reorganize… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“I encourage you to cultivate your curiosity and discover how your cultural lens on the world can influence your interactions with people… — Gaiti Rabbani 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
There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
Activism has to remain active. That's the trademark slogan and that's the mantra, because if your foot doesn't stay on the pedal,… — Bethann Hardison Copy Share Image
Social media and young people, art, music, all communications make this one of the most active times for activism. It will be… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental activism. We don't tend to support big… — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“For twenty years I have sat alone at a desk tinkering with sentences and then sending them out, and for most of… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I believe activism is the true source of change in the world. Pushing to change social structures in communities that you are… — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
My kids have lived experiences that could have never been duplicated otherwise. That's one thing about people who get involved in activism,… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
Activists are generally doers - rather than watching television and thinking about the world they will put there energies into doing something… — Ben Edwards Copy Share Image
“Inez looked tired but hopeful. She was developing bags not only under her eyes but over them. If nothing else, the Revolution… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
“Obviously these are some exceptional young people, but what they have in common is that they were ordinary people who cared. They… — Morgan Carroll Copy Share Image
Activism doesn't always mean laying in the streets and getting arrested and shouting 'hell no, we won't go' at the top of… — Bob the Drag Queen Copy Share Image
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