Activism Quote by Barack Obama

For the people of Baltimore, I don't criticize rioting, because I understand it. But after the fires die down, organize, strategize, and mobilize.

— Killer Mike

When individuals get crowbars and start prying open doors to loot, they're not protesting. They're not making a statement. They're stealing. When they burn…

— Barack Obama

Activism doesn't always mean laying in the streets and getting arrested and shouting 'hell no, we won't go' at the top of your lungs.

— Bob the Drag Queen

Some people see protesting as a bit of a dirty thing, and certainly the idea of getting arrested was not on people's radar.

— Gail Bradbrook

I did not dedicate my life to making Baltimore a safer and more just place because it was easy.

— Martin O'Malley

“Civil rights protests were frequently depicted as criminal rather than political in nature, and federal courts were accused of excessive “lenience” toward lawlessness, thereby…

— Michelle Alexander

“Political awareness without activism means looking at the devastation, your face turned toward the center of things. Activism can generate hope because in itself…

— Rebecca Solnit

The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this conduct had…

— Al Sharpton

“When those in power mishandle public resources and send thugs to invade our properties, citizens have few options but to protest.”

— DON SANTO

I have been in Washington for a while now, and most things don't surprise me. The fact that twenty 6-year-olds were gunned down in…

— Barack Obama

Activism is something that no one can fake. You get angry. You cry. But you never throw in your towel, because that anger is…

— Leymah Gbowee

There were a lot of distractions in Baltimore, and I think they were a problem for me.

— Gervonta Davis