Activism Quotes · Page 10

A lot of people don't realize the toll put on activists. There's a very draining element to it.

— Kenny Stills

They're out there protesting what they actually wish would happen to them sometimes.

— Rush Limbaugh

“Static people love to compensate for their inability to change themselves by always trying to change the world.”

— Criss Jami

Activism isn't something you just kind of get involved in and then turn your back on it.

— Kenny Stills

Mistrust must be acted on, and effective action by the ruled is not solitary and singular, but joint and repeated.

— Elizabeth Janeway

Put a little love in your heart, and the world will be a better place.

— Jackie DeShannon

Leadership embraces activism; it is the outcome of a purposeful pursuit of goals.

— John Baldoni

We are stardust, we are golden and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.

— Joni Mitchell

I believe it is the responsibility and duty of those in high-profile positions to give a voice to people whose voices cannot…

— Donatella Versace

“Maybe the same essential download was also being delivered to other people—a massive, compassionate battalion of us—at the same time.”

— Jonathan Talat Phillips

You know, I think the idea of activism, more so a revolutionary mindset, is something that has been with me for most…

— Vic Mensa

“Never be sheep, never be pawn - never let no primate ruin the dawn. Gospel, gov-spell, it's all a front - first…

— Abhijit Naskar

“An angry artist tells people what (he thinks) they need to hear. A hungry artist tells people what (he thinks) they want…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The question is not if we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. The nation and the world…

— Martin Luther King Jr

Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and…

— Bill Hybels

Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems…

— Bono

Films can't change the society, they can simply open the space for the discussion which can lead to social change and can…

— Joshua Oppenheimer

Shareholder activism is not a privilege - it is a right and a responsibility. When we invest in a company, we own…

— Mark Mobius

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

The nation is burdened with the heavy curse on those who come afterwards. The generation before us was inspired by an activism…

— Max Weber

“Grassroots Tea Party activism therefore marries participatory engagement and considerable learning about the workings of government with factually ungrounded beliefs about the…

— Thdea Skocpol

“Bush invited his constituency to be blind to the world's real problems, and leftists often do the opposite, gazing so fixedly at…

— Rebecca Solnit

“A critical element in nearly all effective social movements is leadership. For it is through smart, persistent, and authoritative leaders that a…

— David E. Wilkins

Over the years, I've found that I either live life or write about it. I can't seem to do both simultaneously -…

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

In order to fight any issue, it is necessary to fight for something, not merely against something.

— Ayn Rand

I wouldn't say all journalism is activism, but I would say most journalism is activism.

— Mike Cernovich

Millions of mind guerrillas, raising the spirit of peace and love, not war.

— John Lennon

“Fundamentally, what all forms of positive thinking about collapse come down to is our own fear of death.”

— Carolyn Baker

Art is about the edges and the sharp corners and those places are not conducive to activism, which is about putting on…

— Scott Thompson

“Never explain, never retract, never apologize. Just get the thing done and let them howl.”

— Nellie McClung

I fought windmills with such heavy weapons that I risked dislocating my arm.

— Fanny Lewald

I often say that I inherited the family's recessive gene for adult-onset political activism.

— Bill Foster

“The power of your story may not lie in its drama, but in its absolutely perfect relationship to your cause.”

— John Capecci and Timothy Cage

Burnout is a way of telling you that your form of activism was perhaps not very full circle.

— Gloria Steinem

The child needs a helping hand or he'll grow up to be an angry young man some day.

— Elvis Presley

I wanted to write and think. Activism is a displacing kind of passion.

— Randall Robinson

Twitter, it can be said, completely changed the way activism is done, who can participate, and even how we define it.

— Jenna Wortham

So listen everybody to what I got to say, there's hope for tomorrow, if we wake up today.

— Ted Nugent

You need the activism. You need people who are organized and willing to bring light to injustices in society.

— Maya Harris

I never know why these people talk to me. I would not talk to me.

— Michael Moore