Activists measure progress against the standard of perfection, or at least the most perfect possible choice. Historians gauge progress against what came… — Jonathan Chait Copy Share Image
My mom was an environmental activist in Australia in the late '60s and '70s, and I guess I've inherited that awareness from… — Robin McLeavy Copy Share Image
The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
President Obama appears to me to have elevated and implemented the artist-activist concept to the role of empowered servant-leader... — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“Thinking citizens are no good to democracy, either you obey blind or be branded a terrorist. Either you hold your mouth, mind… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
We're seeing the sort of liberal phenomenon of activists that are speaking out. And they have every right to do so. I… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
There's something nice about being able to go to sleep at night saying "You know, tomorrow I'm gonna get up and I'm… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
As an activist, organizer, Palestinian, and a Muslim-American woman, I have faced many obstacles in the industry I work in. I often… — Linda Sarsour 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
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
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 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
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
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 that compared to other politicians who have been put in jail in the past, compared to the human-rights activists in… — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
I think the point is that each of us, in our own unique ways, can make a contribution. You don't have to… — Meena Harris Copy Share Image
I think I'm more effective as an activist if I stay in music, to be honest. Music, the way it reaches people… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
It's hard to achieve that, especially in a free society, but it's been done, and that's the kind of thing that activists… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I'm an animal rights activist because I believe we won't have a planet if we continue to behave toward other species the… — James Cromwell Copy Share Image
Being an Image Activist simply means to be in action of supporting, celebrating and creating honest images of a group you care… — Michaela Angela Davis Copy Share Image
I was one of those kids who wanted to do everything, I wanted to be a marine biologist, an actress, a writer,… — Kristin Kreuk Copy Share Image
You need companies investing in these countries, so women have employment opportunities, and you also need these forces of conscience. Without the… — Pietra Rivoli Copy Share Image
When you stand with the outcasts, you stand with Jesus, and when you despise the outcast, you despise Jesus, as well. Becoming… — Mel White Copy Share Image
Never be discouraged from being an activist because people tell you that you'll not succeed. You have already succeeded if you're out… — Doris "Granny D" Haddock Copy Share Image
Collectively, we activists are essential to advancing U.S. policy to help empower marginalized people to lift themselves and their communities out of… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being an activist and an artist - those two things should go together. You should allow the artistic sensibility to control some… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Obviously the transgender movement has not progressed in the way that the gay and lesbian movement has. But Im an activist -… — Chaz Bono Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage,… — John Boehner Copy Share Image
“The girl was always so exhausted after her full days of taking classes, leading peaceful protests, and collecting signatures for various petitions… — Suzanne Selfors Copy Share Image
The movie industry would never purposely offend homosexuals, native Americans, environmentalists, animal rights activists, or women's groups, but they don't think twice… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
If 2,000 Tea Party activists descended on Wall Street, you would probably have an equal number of reporters there covering them. — Amy Goodman Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the Indian public is not fool. They can spot the difference between what is said for effect and what is done… — Rahul Bose Copy Share Image
I think there's a green side to John Kerry, if you like, that he's an environmental activist. His record on the environment… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
A wingnut is someone on the far-right wing or far-left wing of the political spectrum - the professional partisans, the unhinged activists… — John Avlon Copy Share Image
