--- title: "13 Grassroots Movement Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Grassroots Movement quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Grassroots Movement sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/nina-turner-3107_building_our-revolution-has-been-the-keeper-of-th_2946067.jpg" --- > [Our Revolution has been the keeper of the flame doing the vital work of building a grassroots movement that leverages the people's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/our-revolution-has-been-the-keeper-of-the-flame-doing-the-vital-work/) [Nina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-turner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/nina-turner-3107_building_our-revolution-has-been-the-keeper-of-th_2946067.jpg) > [We need a grassroots movement and government policies and programs to change the food landscape and the built environment to give our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-hyman/we-need-a-grassroots-movement-and-government-policies-and-programs-to/) [Mark Hyman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-hyman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/mark-hyman-22258_built_we-need-a-grassroots-movement-and-govern_3229688.jpg) > [ \[Fighting Climate Change\] is important for every single person on the planet, which is why it has to be the greatest grassroots… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/fighting-climate-change-is-important-for-every-single-person-on-the/) [Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/emma-thompson-3232_all-time_fighting-climate-change-is-important-for_612459.png) > [Anytime there's an actual grassroots movement that isn't funded by people trying to create a grassroots movement, I find that interesting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-clooney/anytime-there-s-an-actual-grassroots-movement-that-isn-t-funded-by/) [George Clooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-clooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d7/george-clooney-1132_create_anytime-there-s-an-actual-grassroots-mov_1460713.jpg) > [If we're going to be successful in taking on the billionaire class, we need a strong national grassroots movement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/if-we-re-going-to-be-successful-in-taking-on-the-billionaire-class-we/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f33/hillary-clinton-51_being-successful_if-we-re-going-to-be-successful-in-takin_3106824.jpg) > [I mean, people who say that the Tea Party isn't a grassroots movement, I think, are incorrect. I think in some respects,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-taibbi/i-mean-people-who-say-that-the-tea-party-isn-t-a-grassroots-movement/) [Matt Taibbi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-taibbi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/742/matt-taibbi-2257_grassroots_i-mean-people-who-say-that-the-tea-party_1274212.jpg) > [If you understand the Black Lives Matter movement, there's no central leadership of the movement. This is an organic, grassroots movement all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-booker/if-you-understand-the-black-lives-matter-movement-there-s-no-central/) [Cory Booker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-booker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/cory-booker-2546_america_if-you-understand-the-black-lives-matter_2106452.jpg) > [When I moved to Minnesota, I found there was a thriving and determined movement, a grassroots movement, to revitalize the Ojibwe language.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-erdrich/when-i-moved-to-minnesota-i-found-there-was-a-thriving-and-determined/) [Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-erdrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/louise-erdrich-1271_age_when-i-moved-to-minnesota-i-found-there_1068030.jpg) > [No matter what the issues are, it has to be handled at the grassroots. When you take part in something, even though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/no-matter-what-the-issues-are-it-has-to-be-handled-at-the-grassroots/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/studs-terkel-3020_grassroots_no-matter-what-the-issues-are-it-has-to_2732000.jpg) > [It's essential that we build a grassroots movement and we say to Trump to the president-elect, stop, you can't go over this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrod-brown/it-s-essential-that-we-build-a-grassroots-movement-and-we-say-to/) [Sherrod Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrod-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ef/sherrod-brown-16547_heal_it-s-essential-that-we-build-a-grassroot_1993413.jpg) > [We're the end of the baby boomers, and we participated in many social changes. Who would of thought, for example, when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/we-re-the-end-of-the-baby-boomers-and-we-participated-in-many-social/) [Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/todd-haynes-2626_aids_we-re-the-end-of-the-baby-boomers-and-we_2884084.jpg) > [We want to create, never mind the leaders or the bishops or chief rabbis or imams, or Popes. We want to create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/we-want-to-create-never-mind-the-leaders-or-the-bishops-or-chief/) [Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/karen-armstrong-1053_bishops_we-want-to-create-never-mind-the-leaders_53677.jpg) > [Well you know I'm very supportive of what the Tea Party is trying to do. They're very concerned with spending, the deficit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boozman/well-you-know-i-m-very-supportive-of-what-the-tea-party-is-trying-to/) [John Boozman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boozman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/john-boozman-71546_concerned_well-you-know-i-m-very-supportive-of-wha_2449084.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grassroots-movement/#itemlist", "name": "Grassroots Movement Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our Revolution has been the keeper of the flame doing the vital work of building a grassroots movement that leverages the people's agenda.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nina Turner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-turner/our-revolution-has-been-the-keeper-of-the-flame-doing-the-vital-work/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/nina-turner-3107_building_our-revolution-has-been-the-keeper-of-th_2946067.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/nina-turner-3107_building_our-revolution-has-been-the-keeper-of-th_2946067.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/nina-turner-3107_building_our-revolution-has-been-the-keeper-of-th_2946067.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our Revolution has been the keeper of the flame doing the vital work of building a grassroots movement that…” — Nina Turner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We need a grassroots movement and government policies and programs to change the food landscape and the built environment to give our children a chance to have happy, healthy successful lives.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Hyman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-hyman/we-need-a-grassroots-movement-and-government-policies-and-programs-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/mark-hyman-22258_built_we-need-a-grassroots-movement-and-govern_3229688.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/mark-hyman-22258_built_we-need-a-grassroots-movement-and-govern_3229688.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/mark-hyman-22258_built_we-need-a-grassroots-movement-and-govern_3229688.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We need a grassroots movement and government policies and programs to change the food landscape and the…” — Mark Hyman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Fighting Climate Change] is important for every single person on the planet, which is why it has to be the greatest grassroots movement of all time. 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When you take part in something, even though that movement may lose, the juices start flowing and you feel you count. You count. Well, that's pretty important.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Studs Terkel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/no-matter-what-the-issues-are-it-has-to-be-handled-at-the-grassroots/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/studs-terkel-3020_grassroots_no-matter-what-the-issues-are-it-has-to_2732000.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/studs-terkel-3020_grassroots_no-matter-what-the-issues-are-it-has-to_2732000.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/studs-terkel-3020_grassroots_no-matter-what-the-issues-are-it-has-to_2732000.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No matter what the issues are, it has to be handled at the grassroots. 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You've got to work to heal and not to continue to fan the flames of racist and xenophobic and anti-Semitic talk, period.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sherrod Brown" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrod-brown/it-s-essential-that-we-build-a-grassroots-movement-and-we-say-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ef/sherrod-brown-16547_heal_it-s-essential-that-we-build-a-grassroot_1993413.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ef/sherrod-brown-16547_heal_it-s-essential-that-we-build-a-grassroot_1993413.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ef/sherrod-brown-16547_heal_it-s-essential-that-we-build-a-grassroot_1993413.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's essential that we build a grassroots movement and we say to Trump to the president-elect, stop, you…” — Sherrod Brown", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We're the end of the baby boomers, and we participated in many social changes. 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