“We've got to make change our national pastime and hold protests more regularly than weekend parties.” — Rivera Sun Copy Share Image
I look at books as being a form of activism. Sometimes they'll show us a side of the world that we might… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism. — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
One monkey don't stop no show. Not one, not six. The struggle continues. — Toni Cade Bambara Copy Share Image
The silver lining of the Trump presidency is it is an era of activism, and one where women really want to be… — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
When the average American consumes 43 times as much as the average African, we've got to think that consumption is an issue.… — Jason W Clay Copy Share Image
“The only real difficulty with becoming disciplined is when you buy into the notion that happiness comes at the price of sacrifice.… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“I wonder sometimes what would happen if victory was imagined not just as the elimination of evil but the establishment of good...” — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
Activism isn't about holding your faults up to the light. That's what comedy is about, it's about saying, 'Look at this person… — Scott Thompson Copy Share Image
Activists take the risks, while advocates are professional tinkerers with the system. What's necessary is for those who are advocates to support… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
To me, activism requires you to try very hard to open your eyes to the world as it is. See as much… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
“The enemy was not the Klan but the inside-outside lock that racism and classism had on the minds of the people: It… — Junius Williams Copy Share Image
It has become a common feeling, I believe, as we have watched our heroes falling over the years, that our own small… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Terence McKenna says, "The culture is not your friend." I am not sure we can change this culture. But I think we… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Rock-and-roll was an example of change in the body of the culture. I think it's really what helped bring the anti-war movement… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
“The space between the private and the public is the nexus of the personal and the social, if not political. It’s where… — John Capecci and Timothy Cage Copy Share Image
I think it needs to be with a heart-based wisdom and this heart-based wisdom needs to go hand in hand with science… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
Something I have "authority" on is animal rights. If I were not already so deep into the path I've taken, deep in… — Lucie Brock-Broido Copy Share Image
My activism is a result of my love. So whether it's trying to preserve the wilderness in Southern Utah or writing about… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Somebody referred to what I do as subliminal activism, which I like. — Edward Burtynsky Copy Share Image
“Although the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing.” — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Activists can get very preachy about things. It's more about understanding people's own experiences and tapping into them. — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
“Sometimes all we have is a little light that we can shine outward into a big darkness.” — Janisse Ray Copy Share Image
“While most activists could use a good dose of gentleness, I think most believers could use a good dose of holy anger.” — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
People are not going to change because an activist goes around shouting. — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Ya'll know what you need to do? Get together, make a We Are The World record. — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
All I want is peace and love on this planet. Ain't that how God planned it? — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I've embraced rock 'n' roll because it encompasses all the things I'm interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Today, the European Union is busy transferring aid. If they can build infrastructure in Spain, roads, highways ... why do they refuse… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
There are only four kinds of people in the world - those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who… — Rosalynn Carter Copy Share Image
The world is a better place because of Margot. Let us remember and give thanks for Margot, her brilliant mind, her loving… — Selena Fox Copy Share Image
When you meet a head of state, and you say, 'What is your most precious natural resource?' they will not say children… — Nicholas Negroponte Copy Share Image
All the signs of incipient activism and uprising, from Tahrir square to Zuccotti Park to [the recent] shutdown of the Internet to… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
The anger of the people against corruption is good. It should grow and manifest against the high level politicians first. Only this… — K S Venkataraman Copy Share Image