Activist Quotes

244 quotes by 216 authors

Collectively, we activists are essential to advancing U.S. policy to help empower marginalized people to lift themselves and their communities out of poverty for good. — Michael Franti
I believe people who practice their beliefs in daily life are activists. — Jasmine Guy
An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality. — Jasmine Guy
I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single… — Angela Davis
The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and… — Angela Davis
The place to find the explanation for the liberal-activist mindset of the courts is in the political arena. — Stockwell Day
I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal… — Ellen DeGeneres
Portland is a place where you can find a community as a feminist, a vegan or a fat activist. Artists, musicians, knitters, and filmmakers can… — Beth Ditto
We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who will… — Marian Wright Edelman
But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think of when I… — Paul Farmer
If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper.… — Talib Kweli
I was raised with no religious training or influence. Except the influence was to be a moral and ethical person at the secular level. And… — Anne Lamott
I guess because the shows were activist in their own way - the marriage of my public activism and my career activism, you know -… — Norman Lear
I'm an activist for gay marriage equality and children's rights. I'm the face of Share Our Strength. — Sandra Lee
In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again about what we… — Lawrence Lessig
Journalists are simply leftists disguised as reporters. They're political activists disguised as reporters. — Rush Limbaugh
Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay… — Lance Loud
The role of social media is critical because it helps to spread cognitive dissonance by connecting thought leaders and activists to ordinary citizens rapidly expanding… — Simon Mainwaring
During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of… — Michelle Malkin
I and you and everyone else has to be a political activist. — Michael Moore

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