--- title: "9 Political Activist Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Political Activist quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Political Activist sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/michael-moore-884_activist_i-and-you-and-everyone-else-has-to-be-a_2615053.png" --- > [I and you and everyone else has to be a political activist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/i-and-you-and-everyone-else-has-to-be-a-political-activist/) [Michael Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/michael-moore-884_activist_i-and-you-and-everyone-else-has-to-be-a_2615053.png) > [I'm a baseball player, I'm not a political activist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-delgado/i-m-a-baseball-player-i-m-not-a-political-activist/) [Carlos Delgado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-delgado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/194/carlos-delgado-34199_activist_i-m-a-baseball-player-i-m-not-a-politica_1640787.jpg) > [My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-sturgeon/my-early-years-as-a-political-activist-were-dominated-by-the-poll-tax/) [Nicola Sturgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-sturgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/nicola-sturgeon-1950_activist_my-early-years-as-a-political-activist-w_3151533.jpg) > [When has a Democratic political activist been poisoned by the GOP, or vice versa? We are not the same as #Putin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/when-has-a-democratic-political-activist-been-poisoned-by-the-gop-or/) [Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/marco-rubio-355_activist_when-has-a-democratic-political-activist_3023136.png) > [I have been a political activist most of my life and many groups have attempted to label me as a criminal because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/assata-shakur/i-have-been-a-political-activist-most-of-my-life-and-many-groups-have/) [Assata Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/assata-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a3/assata-shakur-2554_activist_i-have-been-a-political-activist-most-of_371074.png) > [My passion for others and my experience as an actor and citizen of the world has naturally shaped me into a social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufe-bradshaw/my-passion-for-others-and-my-experience-as-an-actor-and-citizen-of/) [Sufe Bradshaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufe-bradshaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/005/sufe-bradshaw-49548_activist_my-passion-for-others-and-my-experience_2889807.jpg) > [The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-davis/the-work-of-the-political-activist-inevitably-involves-a-certain/) [Angela Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f0/angela-davis-3825_activist_the-work-of-the-political-activist-inevi_1995523.png) > [In 1973, I was shown a graphic of how dependent the United States was on nonrenewable resources like oil and coal and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/in-1973-i-was-shown-a-graphic-of-how-dependent-the-united-states-was/) [Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e9/robert-redford-1707_activist_in-1973-i-was-shown-a-graphic-of-how-dep_2189855.png) > [I was with - he wasn't the president then, but - Barack Obama, when he was running, in Washington, during Black Congressional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-bender/i-was-with-he-wasn-t-the-president-then-but-barack-obama-when-he-was/) [Lawrence Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-bender/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb1/lawrence-bender-27378_about_i-was-with-he-wasn-t-the-president-then_1654518.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/political-activist/#itemlist", "name": "Political Activist Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I and you and everyone else has to be a political activist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Moore" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moore/i-and-you-and-everyone-else-has-to-be-a-political-activist/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/michael-moore-884_activist_i-and-you-and-everyone-else-has-to-be-a_2615053.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/michael-moore-884_activist_i-and-you-and-everyone-else-has-to-be-a_2615053.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/michael-moore-884_activist_i-and-you-and-everyone-else-has-to-be-a_2615053.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I and you and everyone else has to be a political activist.” — Michael Moore", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a baseball player, I'm not a political activist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carlos Delgado" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-delgado/i-m-a-baseball-player-i-m-not-a-political-activist/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/194/carlos-delgado-34199_activist_i-m-a-baseball-player-i-m-not-a-politica_1640787.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/194/carlos-delgado-34199_activist_i-m-a-baseball-player-i-m-not-a-politica_1640787.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/194/carlos-delgado-34199_activist_i-m-a-baseball-player-i-m-not-a-politica_1640787.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm a baseball player, I'm not a political activist.” — Carlos Delgado", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nicola Sturgeon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-sturgeon/my-early-years-as-a-political-activist-were-dominated-by-the-poll-tax/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/nicola-sturgeon-1950_activist_my-early-years-as-a-political-activist-w_3151533.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/nicola-sturgeon-1950_activist_my-early-years-as-a-political-activist-w_3151533.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/nicola-sturgeon-1950_activist_my-early-years-as-a-political-activist-w_3151533.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax.” — Nicola Sturgeon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When has a Democratic political activist been poisoned by the GOP, or vice versa? 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