Activism Quotes · Page 8

“Sometimes all we have is a little light that we can shine outward into a big darkness.”

— Janisse Ray

Activists can get very preachy about things. It's more about understanding people's own experiences and tapping into them.

— Duncan Green

“Although the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing.”

— Barack Obama

Take your hurt feelings and channel them into political activism.

— Joy Browne

Somebody referred to what I do as subliminal activism, which I like.

— Edward Burtynsky

All I want is peace and love on this planet. Ain't that how God planned it?

— Chuck D

Ya'll know what you need to do? Get together, make a We Are The World record.

— Curtis Jackson

People are not going to change because an activist goes around shouting.

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Almost all these hotspots around the world, most have been destroyed to the point where there is no wildlife and very little…

— Jim Fowler

In college I studied '60s and '70s radicalism, student activism, forms of political violence, groups like the Weathermen, the Black Panthers, the…

— Marisha Pessl

The anger of the people against corruption is good. It should grow and manifest against the high level politicians first. Only this…

— K S Venkataraman

All the signs of incipient activism and uprising, from Tahrir square to Zuccotti Park to [the recent] shutdown of the Internet to…

— Bill McKibben

When you meet a head of state, and you say, 'What is your most precious natural resource?' they will not say children…

— Nicholas Negroponte

There are only four kinds of people in the world - those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who…

— Rosalynn Carter

The world is a better place because of Margot. Let us remember and give thanks for Margot, her brilliant mind, her loving…

— Selena Fox

Usually the way I think someone is radicalized is through a personal experience. The thing about environmental activism is that we are…

— Peter Sarsgaard

“But we must accept one central truth and responsibility as participants in a democracy: Freedom is not a state; it is an…

— John Lewis

Hotels are amazing spaces and platform for activism. If they placed voting booths in hotels and other space of hospitality - a…

— Mickalene Thomas

'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in…

— Karl Rove

“The 1970s-80s social movement called U.S. third world feminism functioned as a central locus of possibility, an insurgent social movement that shattered…

— Anonymous

“To face the days ahead we must ask two questions: first, "Where are we?" and second, "Where do we go from here?"…

— Saul D. Alinsky

Abbie Hoffman's inspiration was, in a sense, inadvertent. I wanted to do something to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Woodstock at the…

— Richard Cotovsky

Let me see: art and activism. I can always fall back on, "the question should be, what isn't political? Everything you do…

— Eric Drooker

We pride ourselves at Natrona - I mean, pride {ironically] - on developing a noncompetitive community. That's very important. The values that…

— Anne Waldman

“Static people love to compensate for their inability to change themselves by always trying to change the world.”

— Criss Jami

They're out there protesting what they actually wish would happen to them sometimes.

— Rush Limbaugh

A lot of people don't realize the toll put on activists. There's a very draining element to it.

— Kenny Stills

The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.

— Wael Ghonim

In forty-five minutes, it'll all be done. We'll all be good and crispy, but we'll still be number one.

— Don Henley

“I guess it's the curse of our generation, having to put aside our lives to do the right thing.”

— Allan Dare Pearce

Hashtag activism is a catalyst, but things have to actually happen in real life.

— Petra Collins

Outside of my film work, my advocacy and activism is centered around inter-connection and inter-dependence.

— Daryl Hannah

In order to fight any issue, it is necessary to fight for something, not merely against something.

— Ayn Rand

We are stardust, we are golden and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.

— Joni Mitchell

Leadership embraces activism; it is the outcome of a purposeful pursuit of goals.

— John Baldoni

Put a little love in your heart, and the world will be a better place.

— Jackie DeShannon

Mistrust must be acted on, and effective action by the ruled is not solitary and singular, but joint and repeated.

— Elizabeth Janeway

Activism isn't something you just kind of get involved in and then turn your back on it.

— Kenny Stills

I fought windmills with such heavy weapons that I risked dislocating my arm.

— Fanny Lewald

“Never explain, never retract, never apologize. Just get the thing done and let them howl.”

— Nellie McClung