There are some political issues where mainstream press attention only hurts. We think about activism as being this generic model of consciousness-raising,… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
When you hear anyone policing the bodies of trans women, misgendering and othering us, and violently exiling us from spaces, you should… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“Finding ways to appreciate advances without embracing complacency is a delicate task. It involves being hopeful and motivated and keeping eyes on… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
“(...) Taking the journalist's vow of impartiality and objectivity was not unlike joining an order of monks and spending the rest of… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“I guess you hate the people most who make justifiable demands. Because they go to the heart of our psyche. We know… — Mary Crow Dog Copy Share Image
“Why do you live out here? You're a great healer; you could get work in the inner city if you wanted to.… — Hazel Blackthorn Copy Share Image
“Environmentalists like to say that defeats are permanent, victories temporary. Extinction, like death, is forever, but protection needs to be maintained. But… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
It seems that's where Bill Clinton came in last night because he told this long story about how they met [with Hillary… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
“I Am The Naskar (Sonnet 2100) I am the Naskar, and I bridge people. Unlike religious salesmen, I don't offer you a… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of the activism… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“Many hesitate to even start an open discussion that could awaken the people, knowing they must be prepared to face online trolls… — E. Ravago Copy Share Image
Time's Up is finally, it would seem, activism with some teeth. It isn't perfect, however. One of the first acts of protest… — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That's what movements do. Movements educate… — Unita Blackwell Copy Share Image
“The innumerable losses of industrial civilization’s collapse will, over time, bring forth a new story and a new relationship with people, resources,… — Carolyn Baker Copy Share Image
“Each of us lives with a sword over his head. There are those who can ignore its shadow and those who cannot.… — Murray Kempton Copy Share Image
Hippies started the ecology movement. They combated racism. They liberated sexual stereotypes, encouraged change, individual pride, and self-confidence. They questioned robot materialism.… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
I think there's a little more attention to human needs than to property rights. But I don't think much of political activism.… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Unlike national legal systems, there are precious few avenues to address judicial activism at the WTO. You pretty much have to gain… — Robert Lighthizer Copy Share Image
Those of us with a microphone who are blessed with the gift of being in the public eye have a special opportunity… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
The state has a right to do that [outlaw contraceptives], I have never questioned that the state has a right to do… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
Rather than empowering all, consumer and shareholder activism gives greatest voice to those with the most money in their pockets, those who… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
“I want to live in a liberated intersectional society. As long as inequality and discrimination exists, I cannot be satisfied with the… — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
“If you’re not angry, you’re either a stone, or you’re too sick to be angry. You should be angry. You must not… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“I have to think about that one for a minute. “Everybody’s pissed ’cause One-Fifteen hasn’t been charged,” I say, “but also because… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
I knew that my newfound activism and feminism was going to improve my acting, because I was seeing things not just in… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
Gays have become colossal bores. Once interesting and iconoclastic, all they seem to crave nowadays is the State's pension and seal of… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
“I am political in spite of myself. I don't want to do the things I know I have to do, don't want… — Rosario Morales Copy Share Image
The fact is that there's hundreds of thousands of incredibly motivated, active political partisans working on the blogs. These people generate buzz,… — Markos Moulitsas Copy Share Image
I want to make activism a bigger part of my life, while hopefully maintaining the opportunity to help out causes that I… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
The New Deal never rethought the draconian racist immigration restriction policies of the 20s, of course, but its electoral base rested significantly… — David Roediger Copy Share Image
If you start from a belief that the most knowledgeable person on earth does not have even one percent of the total… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
What is music in America? It's this stand-in for political action in a lot of senses. We have no democracy and we… — Ian Svenonius Copy Share Image
Liberalism in various guises - feminism, the sexual revolution, gay activism - has been at war with marriage and family for several… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
The imperialistic or capitalistic system occupies areas. It occupies Vietnam now. They occupy them by sending soldiers there, by sending policeman there.… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
“Don’t think it is enough to attend meetings and sit there like a lump…. It is better to address envelopes than to… — Marjory Stoneman Douglas Copy Share Image
...We have an historic opportunity for a great global healing and renewal. If we will accept the challenge of nonviolent activism with… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
“When, thirty-five years ago, I tried to give a summary of the ideas and principles of that social philosophy that was once… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I think, for one, the LGBTQ community is just a paragon of leadership, of standing up and saying "these are our rights,… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
I feel like when you say 'activist,' you have to have so much clarity, and I don't always necessarily have so much… — SZA Copy Share Image
![“It seems that's where Bill Clinton came in last night because he told this long story about how they met [with Hillary Clinton], how he courted her, how he bought a house to convince her, I think after the third proposal, to actually marry him. And he talked about her activism and her commitment…” quote by Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/terry-gross-9637_activism_it-seems-that-s-where-bill-clinton-came_2757305.jpg)
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