Activism Quotes

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Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism. — Annie Lennox
It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another. — Wynton Marsalis
The Tea Party is simply a loose description of local activism driven by Americans who want smaller government and more self-reliance. That sounds like what… — Bill O'Reilly
To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and the desire for… — Conor Oberst
My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness weren't created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her… — Camille Paglia
'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices… — Karl Rove
My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker… — Bayard Rustin
I think I'm an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy. I never studied acting, but those two qualities are exactly the qualities… — Susan Sarandon
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. — Dr. Seuss
My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers… — Anna Sewell
My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order. — Al Sharpton
You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity that… — Russell Simmons
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and… — Leonardo da Vinci
Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia. — Paul Wellstone
The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor,… — Alfred North Whitehead
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. — Elie Wiesel
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy,… — Elie Wiesel
When it comes to engaging and influencing culture, too many Christians think too highly of political activism. — Tullian Tchividjian
Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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