Activism Quotes · Page 5

“Psychologically, action is the antidote to despair.”

— Ken Breniman

If you're willing to change the world let love be your energy

— Robbie Williams

“Fools multiply when wise men are silent.”

— Nelson Mandela

Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do.

— Kathy Reichs

I might be an endangered species.

— Waylon Jennings

As long as you're scared you're on the plantation.

— Anonymous

Activism has always been the driving force for change.

— David Swanson

Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.

— Alice Walker

We're seeing young people find their own voices and find their activism.

— Angie Thomas

“I do what I can,' I said. 'When I can do more, I will. You know that.”

— Octavia E. Butler

Remember when you're out there trying to heal the sick, that you must always first forgive them.

— Bob Dylan

It is a truism that one person who wants something is a hundred times stronger than a hundred who want to be…

— Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth

The biggest misconception is that sometimes activists have to be loud and are radical to get their message across.

— Katie Cleary

While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive.

— Martin Sheen

I never liked the status quo. Once I went to college, I got very involved in student activism.

— Lois Frankel

It was clear to us that social movements and activism can only take us so far in our mission.

— Atishi

“The question is not if we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. The nation and the world…

— Martin Luther King Jr

“An angry artist tells people what (he thinks) they need to hear. A hungry artist tells people what (he thinks) they want…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Never be sheep, never be pawn - never let no primate ruin the dawn. Gospel, gov-spell, it's all a front - first…

— Abhijit Naskar

You know, I think the idea of activism, more so a revolutionary mindset, is something that has been with me for most…

— Vic Mensa

“Maybe the same essential download was also being delivered to other people—a massive, compassionate battalion of us—at the same time.”

— Jonathan Talat Phillips

I believe it is the responsibility and duty of those in high-profile positions to give a voice to people whose voices cannot…

— Donatella Versace

I really got attracted to the idea of touching so many people and that idea of art transcending entertainment and art and…

— Kofi Siriboe

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

My idea of what was going on in politics was driven by activism. I came out when I was 17, and right…

— Rachel Maddow

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

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

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

“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

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

Terence McKenna says, "The culture is not your friend." I am not sure we can change this culture. But I think we…

— Eve Ensler

It has become a common feeling, I believe, as we have watched our heroes falling over the years, that our own small…

— Alice Walker

How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy?

— Sting

If you have the opportunity for your art to meet activism, you shouldn't pass that up when it comes your way.

— Regina King

Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism.

— Michael Kinsley

We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We've got to jump right in there with both feet.

— Dolores Huerta

Central planning, judicial activism, and the nanny state all presume vastly more knowledge than any elite have ever possessed.

— Thomas Sowell

So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned.

— Michael Kinsley

I am, in general, favourable to activism and social movements and hostile to graft and corruption.

— Tariq Ali

I don't wanna die in a nuclear war, I want to sail away to a distant shore, and make like an apeman.

— Ray Davies