Direct Action Quotes

28 Direct Action quotes by 15 unique authors

Totalitarianism extends to whatever touches it...psychological technique, as it operates in the army or in a great industrial plant, entails a direct action on the… — Jacques Ellul
I have examined the death penalty under each of its two aspects: as a direct action, and as an indirect one. What does it come… — Victor Hugo
Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens. — Howard Zinn
Anarchism...stands for direct action, the open defiance of, and resistance to, all laws and restrictions, economic, social, and moral. — Emma Goldman
Change from below, the formulation of demands from the populace to end unacceptable injustice, supported by direct action, has played a far larger part in… — Tony Benn
The great social justice changes in our country have happened when people came together, organized, and took direct action. It is this right that sustains… — Dolores Huerta
Cryptography is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action. — Julian Assange
Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free. — David Graeber
We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of laying our case… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We decided to set our direct-action program around the Easter season, realizing that, with exception of Christmas, this was the largest shopping period of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their… — Isabel Paterson
The most drastic and usually the most effective remedy for fear is direct action. — Unknown Author
In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly I have never… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The political superstition is still holding sway over the hearts and minds of the masses, but the true lovers of liberty will have no more… — Emma Goldman
If not for the direct action of a John Brown and his comrades, America would still trade in the flesh of the black man. — Emma Goldman
Direct action against the authority in the shop, direct action against the authority of the law, direct action against the invasive, meddlesome authority of our… — Emma Goldman
Each situation has to be evaluated separately, for all are different. In general, I believe in non-violent direct action, which involve organizing large numbers of… — Howard Zinn
Causes was founded with the mission of empowering anyone to change the world. Our model is based upon the belief that everyone has the power… — Joe Greene
When the democratic deficit is so enormous, people are left with very little option but to take peaceful, non-violent direct action. — Caroline Lucas
Men and women ... do you not realize that the State is the worst enemy you have? It is a machine that crushes you in… — Emma Goldman
Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism. — Emma Goldman
We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Who Wrote These Direct Action Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 28 Direct Action Quotes as follows: