Activist Quotes · Page 5

I'm not an activist, I'm an actor. I don't want to be an activist.

— John Cho

People who become important activists, they also struggle with the process of discovery.

— Vijay Prashad

When I hear the words 'activist filmmaking,' I think of somebody who's an activist, who wants to prove a particular point.

— Jehane Noujaim

I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.

— Michael J. Fox

Smoking cigarettes seems to alarm peace activists much more than voting for Reagan does.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“I am republic I am maoist I am activist and I am this and I am that but why? Why can't; I…

— Santosh Kalwar

As a chef and activist, I'm particularly concerned with food politics issues such as the farm bill.

— Marcus Samuelsson

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.

— Studs Terkel

You need companies investing in these countries, so women have employment opportunities, and you also need these forces of conscience. Without the…

— Pietra Rivoli

While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage,…

— John Boehner

When I was 19 or 20, the way I was an activist was by regularly meeting with groups, going to protests, and…

— Laura Jane Grace

Obviously the transgender movement has not progressed in the way that the gay and lesbian movement has. But Im an activist -…

— Chaz Bono

I don't like calling myself a "feminist" only because I don't think I've done anything active enough to call myself one. It'd…

— Bo Burnham

Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that…

— Anonymous

Being an activist and an artist - those two things should go together. You should allow the artistic sensibility to control some…

— Bill Ayers

Ultimately, the Indian public is not fool. They can spot the difference between what is said for effect and what is done…

— Rahul Bose

It's truly hard to understand how liberal politicians, activists and journalists so consistently escape accountability for stoking the flames of racial disharmony…

— David Limbaugh

While I was studying film at the Academy, the problems started. I wasn't a political activist directly in the time of Saddam…

— Hassan Blasim

Judi Bari did something that I believe is unparalleled in the history of the environmental movement. She is an Earth First! activist…

— Darryl Cherney

I thought Brittany Packnett, who was one of the Ferguson activists, really interesting, smart young lady, really impressive - you might want…

— Barack Obama

Every movement's fight for justice in policy and representation in every corner of our country has an impact on every other. And…

— Ruben Gallego

For a black activist, for an activist of all walks of life, the Internet has become this kind of meeting place where…

— Franchesca Ramsey

During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In…

— Michelle Malkin

“To really change the world, we have to help people change the way they see things. Global betterment is a mental process,…

— Suzy Kassem

“Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first.”

— Shannon L. Alder

I don't want to be remembered as an activist; I want to be remembered as an American Indian patriot.

— Russell Means

I'm asking people to vote for me because I'm an activist leader and a problem solver.

— Ayanna Pressley

With my family background - my parents were both activists - writing about culture and politics came naturally.

— Alexander Chee

I am a gay activist and I say that proudly. I voted no on Prop 8.

— Katy Perry

Being a humanitarian, supporting animal rights activists, human rights activists, it's all the same.

— Daryl Hannah

Writers who are activists are very rarely taken seriously as artists.

— Larry Kramer

“One sacrifice inspires a million, one heart sets a paradigm - one spark is all it takes, to restart space and time.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Let us bask in each other's rights, freedom is foul if it isn't shared.”

— Abhijit Naskar

I am a Doctor, but above all else I consider myself an activist for peace, justice and care for all people.

— Patch Adams

Most Tea Party activists consider Obama a big-spending liberal. Some even question his eligibility to be president.

— Ron Fournier

The winner in a political contest is determined by the number and the effectiveness of the activists on the respective sides.

— Morton Blackwell

There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda.

— Wole Soyinka

I've been lucky enough to have been given a platform through modeling, so now I can use it as an activist.

— Adwoa Aboah

You have to create public activist pressure on papers like the 'New York Times' to keep them accountable.

— David Brock

It takes a strong stomach and a thick skin to be a female activist fighting online censorship in Pakistan.

— Rebecca MacKinnon