I think I'm an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy. I never studied acting, but those two qualities are… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
I think feminist pedagogy should not simply expose students to a particularized academic scholarship but that it should also envision the possibility… — Chandra Talpade Mohanty Copy Share Image
I'm very active in pushing for net neutrality and an open Internet. There are countless other causes I support personally and privately,… — Damian Kulash Copy Share Image
I'm obviously fighting for my community simply because I'm trans, and I have to do that, and I do it because that's… — Mj Rodriguez Copy Share Image
The people of India have been left with the devil and the deep blue sea! If X party is corrupt, the alternative… — K S Venkataraman Copy Share Image
In the 1980s, Josef Beuys planted the seed that activism could be considered as art. I am influenced by the idea of… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
CO2 is the exhaling breath of our civilization, literally... Changing that pattern requires a scope, a scale, a speed of change that… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“The revolution that counts is the one that takes place in the imagination; many kinds of change issue forth thereafter, some gradual… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Movements are not radical. Movements are the American way. A small group of abolitionists writing and speaking eventually led to the end… — Unita Blackwell Copy Share Image
And when the hourglass has run out, the hourglass of temporality, when the noise of secular life has grown silent and its… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Organization of Afro-American Unity was an organization that was a secular group. It largely consisted of people that we would later… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
I'm not quite sure precisely when social and political activism became a visible brand of my DNA, but it seems to me… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“The term 'politics of prefiguration' has long been used to describe the idea that if you embody what you aspire to, you… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“You may be told that the legal decisions lead the changes, that judges and lawmakers lead the culture in those theaters called… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Darkness seems to have prevailed and has taken the forefront. This country as in the 'cooperation' of The United States of America… — Lalah Delia Copy Share Image
The trouble with being an activist is you end up like Eve and you get kicked out of the Garden of Eden.… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
If CASA?s board, which includes such scientific experts as actress Jamie Lee Curtis, wants to tell the world that drinking is bad… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
“Hopefulness is risky, since it is after all a form of trust, trust in the unknown and the possible, even in discontinuity.… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
We have never had class-based parties. We've had parties run by the business classes. There's slight variations. Like in the New Deal… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The hand of benevolence is everywhere stretched out, searching into abuses, righting wrongs, alleviating distresses, and bringing to the knowledge and sympathies… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
Social activism has gone mainstream. A new generation of philanthropic leaders such as Bill and Melinda Gates, and Bono are providing inspiration,… — Willow Bay Copy Share Image
I think that the activism I've become involved with informs and enhances my life in a lot of ways, and definitely career-wise.… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
It never hurts to be involved in any political or activist organization. I can never see how participation would be a bad… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
A nation that combines the America predilection towards violence, the American stockpile of weapons and the American lack of empathy for the… — Vincent Harding Copy Share Image
The activism of marginalized people often comes with visibility and being heard. Which can lead people to believe that recognition and awareness… — DeRay Mckesson Copy Share Image
This is not something that happens far away to people that we don't know. Global warming is something that happens to all… — Larry Brilliant Copy Share Image
Life on Earth is at an ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by disaster. ... I think the human race doesn't have… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
“I don't think that God says, "Go to church and pray all day and everything will be fine." No. For me God… — Elvia Alvarado Copy Share Image
Poetry can't give us the laws and institutions and representatives, the antidotes we need: only public activism by massive numbers of citizens… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that revived it… — George Takei Copy Share Image
Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist fighting for peace by nonviolent methods most easily succumbs; activism… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Sulkowicz’s genius was to make her burden tangible, and in so doing make it something others could share. Solidarity has been a… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“They built a city of their dreams, with a thriving gift economy and vibrant culture that encouraged all participants to let loose… — Jonathan Talat Phillips Copy Share Image
There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
“Advocating for justice can feel overwhelming. The problems are massive, systemic, and deeply entrenched. But every small act—every starfish saved—matters.” — Ken Breniman Copy Share Image
“Barriers remain in place, disabling us, and denying our full participation in the everyday. The current government wallows in an ideology that… — Penny Pepper Copy Share Image
“We need a powerful sense of determination to banish the ugly blemish of racism scarring the image of America. We can, of… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image