“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
public work brings a vicarious but assured sense of immortality. We may be poor, weak, timid, in debt to our landlady, bullied… — Winifred Holtby 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
An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Surely the biggest problem we have in the world is that we all die. But we don't have a technology to solve… — Bjorn Lomborg Copy Share Image
The Tea Party is simply a loose description of local activism driven by Americans who want smaller government and more self-reliance. That… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
“I am saying that there is a time to do, and a time not to do, and that when we are slave… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
It is purposeless to tell Negroes they should not be enraged when they should be. Indeed, they will be mentally healthier if… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The [Booker] prize was actually responsible in many ways for my political activism. I won this thing and I was suddenly the… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
One of the things that's very important, when you're an activist and an organizer like me, is to understand that when things… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
“Truth changes with the season of our emotions. It is the shadow that moves with the phases of our inner sun. When… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“With all these occurrences of death facing me, I thought about issues of freedom. If government projects the idea that we, as… — David Wojnarowicz Copy Share Image
I am very proud of our Supreme Court - it is one of the best worldwide. Nevertheless, since the 1990s, we have… — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
“A protest should be undeniable. It should not ask the oppressed to become scholars of your rhetoric. It should not demand a… — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
These [Arab] youth who have been inspired by universal values are idealistic enough to imagine a magnificent future and, at the same… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
[Africa] is a continent of many countries, not one country. If we are down to three or four conflicts, it means that… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
I hate dogma in any form. I hated it in the Catholic Church and Girl Scout troops of the 1950s, and I… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Activism is setting a goal of something you would like to be different, and figuring out what would have to change to… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
The first myth to dispel is that Africa is not a country. It's made up of 53 different countries. So to say… — Euvin Naidoo Copy Share Image
Many activists don't want to hear about some grand narrative, one that could unify all of our struggles. So the major issue… — Michael Yates Copy Share Image
..you just get stoned, get the ideas in your head and then do 'em. And don't bullshit. I mean that's the thing… — Abbie Hoffman Copy Share Image
“There are so many battles worth fighting for. The ones not worth fighting are the insecure battles that rage in another person’s… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
That to be an activist, you have to stay active. For me, it's profound; it's not something you choose to do every… — Iman Abdulmajid Copy Share Image
I guess because the shows were activist in their own way - the marriage of my public activism and my career activism,… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it… — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
Critical reflection on practice is a requirement of the relationship between theory and practice. Otherwise theory becomes simply "blah, blah, blah, "… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
“Why build entirely new systems for connecting to Christ consciousness when the institutions—whether Methodist, Lutheran, or Baptist—have already been created?” — Jonathan Talat Phillips Copy Share Image
There's a big difference between charity and between activism and philanthropy. They're very different things and I think, you know, everybody should… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
the wrongs of society can be more deeply impressed on a large class of readers in the form of fiction than by… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
We have dedicated our lives, our blood, to the freedom and liberation of our people, and nothing, no force can stop us… — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
“We urgently need to do - and I mean actually do - something radical to avert a global catastrophe. But I don't… — Stephen Emmott Copy Share Image
A Good Samaritan is not simply one whose heart is touched in an immediate act of care and charity, but one who… — James A. Forbes Copy Share Image
Invalidating laws has absolutely nothing to do with judicial activism. It depends on whether the law is unconstitutional or not. That's really… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“You didn't choose God. He chose you. When you stop feeling hurt by everyone and plotting your comeback, he has some very… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
From activism to socialising to starting new bands, 99% of everything that happens on MySpace is fun and positive. But with that… — Chris DeWolfe Copy Share Image
My goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate to grow up in France with amazing parents who allowed me to understand the importance of activism. My… — Dominique Crenn Copy Share Image
“We can sit in our corners mute forever while our sisters and our selves are distorted and destroyed, while our earth is… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
For me, policy is best when connected to the roots, and roots are best when connected to policy. So I encourage you… — Simone Campbell Copy Share Image
![“The [Booker] prize was actually responsible in many ways for my political activism. I won this thing and I was suddenly the darling of the new emerging Indian middle class – they needed a princess. They had the wrong woman. I had this light shining on me at the time, and I knew that I had the…” quote by Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/arundhati-roy-346_activism_the-booker-prize-was-actually-responsibl_634250.jpg)
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![“[Africa] is a continent of many countries, not one country. If we are down to three or four conflicts, it means that there are plenty of opportunities to invest in stable, growing, exciting economies where there's plenty of opportunity.” quote by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e0/ngozi-okonjo-iweala-21371_activism_africa-is-a-continent-of-many-countries_3016310.png)
