Activism Quote by Alanis Morissette

The Tea Party and the like are about what we can't do, instead of the American ideal of what we can.

— Rush D. Holt, Jr

Fine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation.

— Anton Chekhov

Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things.

— Chaim Potok

Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly,…

— Nelson Mandela

“Do not respond to people being upset by confidently giving them advice on how to solve their problems”

— Ezra Klein

American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

“Many hesitate to even start an open discussion that could awaken the people, knowing they must be prepared to face online trolls who constantly…

— E. Ravago

On the issues the Tea Party cares about, I land right in their bull's-eye.

— Ken Cuccinelli

“Grassroots Tea Party activism therefore marries participatory engagement and considerable learning about the workings of government with factually ungrounded beliefs about the content of…

— Thdea Skocpol

“Most of the world's problems could be avoided if people just said what they fucking meant.”

— Marilyn Manson

“let me beseech you to resolve to free yourselves from the slavery of the tea and coffee and other slop-kettle,”

— William Cobbett

“Simple answers, reductionist politics, are the most prone to compromise, to saying we’re addressing the essential issue and all that other stuff can slide.…

— Dorothy Allison