I don't think there is anything as powerful as an active heart. They do not fear the wisdom of emotion, but embody… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
My family’s said to me from the beginning, ‘People are always going to tell you to pick what you want to be… — Hannah Simone Copy Share Image
Apologists for activist government never tire of telling us that the benevolent state is our protector and that without it wed be… — Sheldon Richman Copy Share Image
I think the best way to be an activist is to live your life well and be honest. It means being out.… — Melissa Etheridge Copy Share Image
It's the reason why I am always interested in engaging in people who are pushing us and pushing against the status quo.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Many activists just see what's wrong: they want to stand up to injustice and educate people about it. But I think it's… — Corinne McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Here in America we have a man [Donald Trump] who is a master of a medium that is all about self-aggrandizement and/or… — Ben H. Winters Copy Share Image
Take the people facing charges in connection with the protests that occurred on the eve of Vladimir Putin's third-term inauguration, May 6,… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Surely people can now see that it is no accident that he, Obama, sat at the feet of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“You are preaching black conscious now ? Where was your black conscious, when you raped and murdered another black person. Where was… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
It's really important to me to promote worthy causes. But not in a heavy, obligatory, responsibility way. I really admired that as… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
“Sonnet 500 Better a lion in sheep's skin, Than a sheep in lion's skin. Better a giant in a gentle vessel, Than… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Let my silence grow with noise as pregnant mothers grow with life. Let my silence permeate these walls as sunlight permeates a… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Mark Ruffalo, aka the Incredible Hulk, is the natural gas industry's worst nightmare: a serious, committed activist who is determined to use… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
There is an elementary aspiration which undergirds the humane impulse in our history and our culture and binds us together as political… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
I think it's very important to invite and encourage people to talk about climate change who have a lay understanding. In general,… — Margaret D. Klein Copy Share Image
The big difference between animal liberation activists and other so-called 'terrorists' is the targets; no innocent victims are ever targeted in animal… — Jerry Vlasak Copy Share Image
I believe that the far-right and the far-left can be equally insane - but there's no question that in the first years… — John Avlon Copy Share Image
Civil libertarian activists are found overwhelmingly on the left. Their right-wing brethren have been concerned with issues more important than civil rights,… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
Adolescents have the right to be themselves. The fact that you were the belle of the ball, the captain of the lacrosse… — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
There was a time when women activists asked men to stand up for their rights. But this time we will do it… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
I have my writing therapy. For me, writing and friends therapy is an internal journey where you go in deep, you reflect,… — Loung Ung Copy Share Image
I can only tell you the kind of power I want, which is the power to persuade. But I do not want… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
There is at present in the United States a powerful activist movement that is anti-intellectual, anti-science, and anti-technology. If we are to… — Rosalyn Sussman Yalow Copy Share Image
I certainly don't mean to suggest that all investigative journalism prior to 9/11 in the US was praiseworthy. But there were more… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
My advice for people is to love the world they are in, in whatever way makes sense to them. It may be… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
In one of his final acts in office, President Obama shortened the sentences of 209 prisoners, pardoned 64 individuals .The list included… — Amy Goodman Copy Share Image
The international community...cannot simply call on Palestinians to abandon violence in the face of Israeli occupation and remain silent when the nonviolent… — Yousef Munayyer Copy Share Image
I think Mr. Cosby has always been very much an activist and a big proponent of African-American pride. That's how 'The Cosby… — Keshia Knight Pulliam Copy Share Image
I think overtly political novels - those that never transcend or contest their author's conscious intentions and prejudices - are problematic. This… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
As trans advocacy has institutionalized and developed, the context of the undemocratic nature of US non-profits and the ways that white, wealthy… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
“Magically modified food is a serious issue," Rosabella said. "We don't know the long-term effects on our bodies." She grabbed her ever-present… — Suzanne Selfors Copy Share Image
I feel like we've inherited modern infrastructure, and I could run away from it and become a full-time activist, or I can… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
Navalny is a blogger-turned-activist, but he finds stuff and he puts together these very, very clever, very high production value videos which… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
We start 'The Butler' in June and that's incredibly exciting for me because I get to work with the amazing Forest Whitaker… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton did try to reach out to the Sanders voters with policy concessions, but Sanders voters, especially his most activist core,… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“They want us to be afraid. They want us to be afraid of leaving our homes. They want us to barricade our… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
In real life, there are right-wingers, there are anti-immigrant activists who want to overturn this constitutional right that we have to become… — Hector Tobar Copy Share Image
Some kinds of activists are more willing to try stuff out, see if works and think on their feet, but some of… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
![“Here in America we have a man [Donald Trump] who is a master of a medium that is all about self-aggrandizement and/or cruelty to others. I have been off Twitter lately because I had this sudden sort of feeling of, this man is the president of this club and it's not a club that I want to be in…” quote by Ben H. Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8ea/ben-h-winters-14454_activist_here-in-america-we-have-a-man-donald-tru_946555.jpg)
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