There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs.… — Jackie Joyner-Kersee Copy Share Image
I don't see why, if you look at how the Australian culture and psyche is, that we can't be amongst the most… — Andrew Forrest Copy Share Image
I try not to make social consciousness a massive part of my music or comedy because I prefer to be an entertainer… — Doc Brown Copy Share Image
The environmental movement could do a better job incorporating the message about the connection between poverty and environmental degradation, and building that… — Helene D. Gayle Copy Share Image
If you do your work, if you are committed at the grassroots level, if you have a vision for the long run… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
I was elected because I believed in what we call "grassroots politics," politics from the bottom up, not the top down. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We want to create, never mind the leaders or the bishops or chief rabbis or imams, or Popes. We want to create… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
There are sharply different, competing models of what trans advocacy looks like - those that seek to follow the path laid out… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
One of the issues the Democrats have to be clear on is the given population distribution across the country. We have to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[The stimulus bill funds] a bureaucratic structure for the government to begin rationing the health care of the American people. They can… — Peter Ferrara Copy Share Image
I think we're not looking sufficiently at what is happening at the grassroots in the country. We have not emphasized sufficiently the… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
The show [Shots Fired] is an autopsy of our criminal justice system, a space where the conversation surrounding the issues in our… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
I love the donors and we thank them, but it has to be that the guys in the barber shop, the lady… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
I work with Kick G.A.M.E., the grassroots artist movement. Not to tell people we have the best union plan in the world,… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
I can't say I'm surprised: the grassroots antiwar movement keeps turning out to be MoveOn/A.N.S.W.E.R. astroturf. — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
When marginalized people gain voice and center their own experiences, things begin changing. And we see this in all kinds of grassroots… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I've been most happy to be an advocate for the kinds of grassroots things that people are doing who care about poetry. — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
Anytime there's an actual grassroots movement that isn't funded by people trying to create a grassroots movement, I find that interesting. — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be; I… — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share Image
Even though mother's issues are not front page news, they touch us all personally, some more than others, and I believe passionately… — Joan Blades Copy Share Image
Sportspersons at the grassroots must get world class exposure in terms of coaches, facilities, physical trainers and mental trainers so that a… — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
Vision and the ability to mobilize and inspire people at the grassroots. That's what the most important criteria is going to be… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
We are intent on building a movement. The next step is grassroots town meetings. We must keep alive the dialogue around the… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics. — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
The whole reason we organize grassroots is, we think any politician that gets elected needs to be held accountable 365 days a year. — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
Democratic Party elites have been caught red-handed, sabotaging a grassroots campaign that tried to bring huge numbers of young people, independents and… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
I was previously involved in local and state politics, but not national, because grassroots democracy starts at the bottom. This was the… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The anti-nuke movement has important and far-reaching implications for grassroots organizing. It can unite kids and musicians, everybody, whether they're leftist or… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
The big dividing line is not and has never been between those who advocate more or less militant forms of resistance, or… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
The fundamental weakness in the Tea Party machine is the stark difference between what the leaders of the Tea Party elite -… — Chuck Schumer Copy Share Image
Grassroots groups challenge the "business-as-usual" environmentalism that is generally practiced by the more privileged wildlife-and conservation-oriented groups. The focus of activists of… — Robert D Bullard Copy Share Image
I'm very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we've got to organize like we… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
What you learn from my life is, first of all, that anybody can be a leader. You can be a leader. I… — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
About 70 percent of the district was new. It was a short amount of time to get to know hundreds and thousands… — Adam Kinzinger Copy Share Image
To strengthen the grassroots at the party - at the party unit, at the county level, at the precinct level, and then… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
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