Social movements rarely succeed if they violate our gut sense of decency and moral proportion. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
I am, in general, favourable to activism and social movements and hostile to graft and corruption. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected,… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
All the major social movements of the 20th century had great soundtracks - We need that. The left needs better propaganda, because… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
Major social movements eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of… — Freda Adler Copy Share Image
The way you get leaders to care about issues of conscience is to apply political pressure. It's less a question of persuading… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
The only continent where social movements have led to political parties that have pushed through serious social and political reforms is in… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
What I feel now is connected to people. I feel connected and I feel a lot of love for people. I feel… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
We must experiment, fail, and try again, but beginning with a critique of legal reform and a commitment to center the most… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
This is the beginning of a social movement in fact and not in pronouncements. We seek our basic, God - given rights… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
I think that a lot of social movements, political movements, powerful ones - certainly they form, collectively, an idea of the truth… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
That generation really has to fight for a new political language, social movements, and alliances with students from other countries. They have… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
But we need more than a broader understanding of what is a good society or a moral and political critique of the… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
A new breed of Americans born out of the social movements of the 60s and grown into a majority in the 70s… — Daniel Yankelovich Copy Share Image
Sometimes the difference between two candidates is an important one in the immediate sense, and then I believe trying to get somebody… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
If you look at social movements in Latin America, there are spaces where alternative politics are thought about on the ground, at… — Nigel Gibson Copy Share Image
There are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies. There is no equivalent of Al-Qaeda without… — Maajid Nawaz Copy Share Image
Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Individuals bearing witness cannot do the work of social movements, but they can break a corrosive and demoralizing silence. — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
Feminism is the single most powerful social movement of our time, one that addresses every aspect of human and social life. — Richard Allen Epstein Copy Share Image
I have no regrets about my political activity, only that I sometimes got carried away with it and didn't find the right… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“By thinking globally I can analyze all phenomena, but when it comes to acting, it can only be local and on a… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
The starting point of social movements stems from deep pain and intolerance towards loss already incurred and hence any gain including just… — Padmapriya Janakiraman Copy Share Image
I am talking about ordinary people making the link between their communities being treated as disposable and the assumption that the environments… — Rob Nixon Copy Share Image
If you can reach just 10 percent of the population, you can begin to reach a tipping point; that's where true social… — Louie Psihoyos Copy Share Image
Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador lived through times of cruel and ruthless capitalism where the workers, the masses of the population, saw themselves… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
...in place of the Old Bottom Line of money and power, a New Bottom Line of Love and Generosity is possible. People… — Michael Lerner Copy Share Image
I think we're in a very distinctively different historical moment. I mean, I think that you had two things that were operating… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Even if you think it is right for Bill Cosby to face charges, it's impossible to ignore that the system which just… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
I am not against identity politics or single based issues; at the same time, we need to find ways to connect these… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The future is a process, not a destination. Richard Stallman is a guy my age. I sympathize with Richard rather more than… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
If we are going to talk about the most recent of the "Indignados" movements in several countries of the world, including Europe,… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
I recall coming across a line by the late Charles Tilly when he said, "The conditions for the possibility of social movements… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“A critical element in nearly all effective social movements is leadership. For it is through smart, persistent, and authoritative leaders that a… — David E. Wilkins Copy Share Image
You build movements and keep people in a struggle when it feels productive. Anti-capitalists have typically been the people in movements who… — Cynthia Kauffman Copy Share Image
“Human beings with all their faults and strengths constitute the mechanism of a social movement. They must make mistakes and learn from… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
How many of my basic principles were upset by this change in my attitude toward the Christian Social movement! My views with… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
