Activism Quotes

236 Activism quotes by 188 unique authors

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.
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and… — Malcolm X
If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity. — Albert Einstein
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. — Mother Teresa
We Americans are interested only in the consumption of our products. We have no interest in how they are produced, or what happens to them… — Matthew Tobin Anderson
It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power,… — Mahatma Gandhi
One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Activism is my rent for living on the planet. — Alice Walker
We are stardust, we are golden and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden. — Joni Mitchell
Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Political activism is seductive because it seems to offer the possibility that one can improve society, make things better, without going through the personal ordeal… — Tom Robbins
And when the hourglass has run out, the hourglass of temporality, when the noise of secular life has grown silent and its restless or ineffectual… — Soren Kierkegaard
Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news.… — Joss Whedon
The [Booker] prize was actually responsible in many ways for my political activism. I won this thing and I was suddenly the darling of the… — Arundhati Roy
If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change. — Michael Jackson
If my activism, however well-motivated, drives out love, then I have misunderstood Jesus’ gospel. I am stuck with law, not the gospel of grace. — Philip Yancey
Activism is something that no one can fake. You get angry. You cry. But you never throw in your towel, because that anger is what… — Leymah Gbowee
Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet. — Alice Walker
...We have an historic opportunity for a great global healing and renewal. If we will accept the challenge of nonviolent activism with faith, courage, and… — Coretta Scott King
Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia. What we seek is more simply to improve the… — Paul Wellstone
I've always had a really developed sense of justice. As a child, I would rotate my dolls' dresses for fear that they might come alive… — Susan Sarandon

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