Activist Quotes
244 quotes by 218 authors
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A wingnut is someone on the far-right wing or far-left wing of the political spectrum - the professional partisans, the unhinged activists and the paranoid…
— John Avlon
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My father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I came by all that honestly.
— Joan Baez
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I was not an activist.
— Joe Biden
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Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary…
— Michael N. Castle
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President Obama appears to me to have elevated and implemented the artist-activist concept to the role of empowered servant-leader...
— Aberjhani
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One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think the war will last 30…
— Bertrand Russell
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The Sister Fund supports spiritual women and their organizations, both grassroots activists for justice, and national and international social change agents.
— Helen LaKelly Hunt
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Lovers of freedom, lovers of social justice, disarmers, peacekeepers, civil disobeyers, democrats, civil-rights activists, and defenders of the environment are legions in a single multiform…
— Jonathan Schell
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I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I…
— Martin Sheen
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Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives.
— Bill Gates
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I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.
— Studs Terkel
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I think it's very important that we protect marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. I proposed a constitutional amendment. The reason…
— George W. Bush
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Let's concede that we have decided to let our children grow up in two separate nations, and lead two separate kinds of lives. If, on…
— Jonathan Kozol
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We are wide open and vulnerable and in all likelihood an activist judge will strike down our Defense of Marriage Act, our state law against…
— Michele Bachmann
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From these activists we can learn a crucial lesson: without citizens creating the institutions necessary for facilitating the growth of public deliberation, democracy will be…
— Kevin Mattson
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I strongly believe that marriage should be defined as between a man and a woman. I am troubled by activist judges who are defining marriage.…
— George W. Bush
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Activist judges and local officials in some parts of the country are not letting up in their efforts to redefine marriage for the rest of…
— George W. Bush
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Because the union of a man and woman deserves an honored place in our society, I support the protection of marriage against activist judges. And…
— George W. Bush
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Because marriage is a sacred institution and the foundation of society, it should not be redefined by activist judges. For the good of families, children…
— George W. Bush
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Grassroots groups challenge the "business-as-usual" environmentalism that is generally practiced by the more privileged wildlife-and conservation-oriented groups. The focus of activists of color and their…
— Robert D Bullard
Who Wrote These Activist Quotes
218 authors contributed a total of 244 Activist Quotes, led by these top contributors: