American history Quote by Carl Bernstein

Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived…

— Gerry Spence

Movements are not radical. Movements are the American way. A small group of abolitionists writing and speaking eventually led to the end of slavery.…

— Unita Blackwell

In trying to address the systemic problem of racial injustice, we would do well to look at abolitionism, because here is a movement of…

— Manisha Sinha

“The radical philosophy offered, for many African Americans, the most promise. It was predicated on a searing critique of large corporations, particularly railroads, and…

— Michelle Alexander

The radical ideas of one generation have become the common sense of the next. We all stand on the shoulders of earlier generations of…

— Peter Dreier

There are trends in our societies... that can lead to some political decisions in America and in Europe that can give some ground to…

— Federica Mogherini

The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer…

— Bayard Rustin

“Too often, our standards for evaluating social movements pivot around whether or not they "succeeded" in realizing their visions rather than on the merits…

— Robin D.G. Kelley

“For realists, the true story of the Civil War illuminates the problem of ostensibly sober-minded compromise with powerful, and intractable, evil. For radicals, the…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Look at liberty's greatest historic advances: ending slavery. Giving women the vote. Outlawing legal segregation. Each and every time, the people at the forefront…

— Rick Perlstein

The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence, it has often been argued, were fueled by the most radical of all American political ideas.

— Carl Bernstein

“Our radicals fail to realize that to accomplish the reorganization of work, it is necessary to have workers – and workers with the free…

— Voltairine de Cleyre