“Why do I always listen to your insane plans? Why aren't we at home watching TV like everyone else? What possible difference… — Shaun Tan Copy Share Image
That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
It's useful for activists just to be out there to keep you mindful and not get complacent, even if ultimately you think… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm standing here saying that those who miss the boat now, will miss it forever. So if you want to be in… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
“To say that the emperor has no clothes is a nice anti-authoritarian gesture, but to say that everything without exception is going… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I think, broadly speaking, the US military's role - US military activism in various parts of the Islamic world over the past… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
The rhythm of being an activist today involves a pretty simple rhythm. You have to open your eyes to the reality before… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
It makes me so angry when people say, "We never hear from people who are happy doing sex work." Well, that's because… — Melissa Gira Grant Copy Share Image
“How, then, does one become an activist? The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
World conditions challenge us to look beyond the status quo for responses to the pain of our times. We look to powers… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
My platform for activism is my music, and the issue I am working to address is child marriage. Everyone can find an… — Sonita Alizadeh Copy Share Image
When you stop and look at so much of the kind of activism that has been triggered, the Tea Party and the… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
“Where does that put you?" Montag bit his lip. "I'll tell you," said Beatty, smiling at his cards. "That made you for… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
It is my feeling that as we grow older we should become not less radical but more so. I do not, of… — Margaret Laurence Copy Share Image
It's an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States... I'm free to thwart and torment the… — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
The kind of violence, looting, destruction that we saw from a handful of individuals in Baltimore, there's no excuse for that. That's… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We always need to remember that behind almost every great moment in history, there are heroic people doing really boring and frustrating… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
“There's no risk on the path to bliss Be your own activist Imagine altering the process of thoughts to positive and passionate… — Andrew Edward Lucier Copy Share Image
I think the environmental movement has failed in that it's used the stick too much; it's used the apocalyptic tone too much;… — Edward Burtynsky Copy Share Image
Another recollection is that [ Paul Johnson] mostly kept away from ideas and dedicated activism, and concentrated on sex lives and other gossip. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Honestly, I'm not a big activism or politic guy. I wouldn't say I'm super educated in that stuff, and I feel like… — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
Women's empowerment, whether through legal, financial, or cultural routes, will tend to increase their agency and their ability to take part in… — Deeyah Khan Copy Share Image
“An educator should consider that he has failed in his job if he has not succeeded in instilling some trace of a… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
I think there's a number of pillars to success. One is you've got to have a great idea. The other is you've… — Jeremy Gilley Copy Share Image
The Tea Party thing is only apt in some ways. The activism in the town halls, that looks superficially like it. But… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I genuinely do want the world to change in a positive way, but I wouldn't call myself an activist, you know? I'm… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
“It takes a female to have a baby, It takes a woman to raise a child, It takes a mother to raise… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I intend to go right on appointing highly qualified individuals of the highest personal integrity to the bench, individuals who understand the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Unity in a Movement situation can be overrated. If you were the Establishment, which would you rather see coming in the door:… — Florynce Kennedy Copy Share Image
“To crank up a noisy bad stance out in a place like San Francisco and start yelling about “getting things done in… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
Because of the complexity of the problem, environmental skepticism was once tenable. No longer. It is time to flip from skepticism to… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
I've been involved in social activism my entire life, and I would argue that many people involved in social activist movements have… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Jack Geiger, for example, was a leader of that movement. He was part of Physicians for Social Responsibility, which was kind of… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
I think the activism of the 1960s had a very definite civilizing effect on the whole society in all kinds of ways.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The only good produced by the disappearance of Africville was the appearance of a conscious black nationalism … In this regard, Consecrated… — George Elliott Clarke Copy Share Image
I'm haunted by the thought of what Ray Anderson calls 'tomorrow's child,' asking why we didn't do something on our watch to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image