Grassroots Quotes

72 quotes by 70 authors

Anytime there's an actual grassroots movement that isn't funded by people trying to create a grassroots movement, I find that interesting. — George Clooney
The Sister Fund supports spiritual women and their organizations, both grassroots activists for justice, and national and international social change agents. — Helen LaKelly Hunt
The climate crisis requires a bottom-up, grassroots demand for solutions because the elites in many parts of the world are under the influence of old… — Al Gore
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
I think we're not looking sufficiently at what is happening at the grassroots in the country. We have not emphasized sufficiently the cultural revolution that… — Grace Lee Boggs
I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and… — Donnie Wahlberg
Enthusiasm â€” real grassroots enthusiasm â€” trumps money, trumps endorsements, trumps everything. — Eric Garcetti
There is a general decline of taste for classical dance,ce, which is neglected and this must be developed from the grassroots. There is so much… — Kanak Rele
I think Detroit is starting to get it. We consider it a victory for the grassroots, CalCars, and the Internet-led effort. — Felix Kramer
We are the great grassroots campaign of the modern era, built from mousepads, shoe leather and hope. — Howard Dean
Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future. — Dick Morris
Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations are… — Tom Morello
On a grassroots level we say that man can touch more than he can grasp. — Gabriel Marcel
Even though mother's issues are not front page news, they touch us all personally, some more than others, and I believe passionately in the power… — Joan Blades
There are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies. There is no equivalent of Al-Qaeda without the terrorism. — Maajid Nawaz
[The stimulus bill funds] a bureaucratic structure for the government to begin rationing the health care of the American people. They can then lead a… — Peter Ferrara
Punk rock really came out of N.Y. as a philosophy before the groups were ever recorded. I had a kind-of intellectual interest in the idea… — Greg Ginn
It was truly an astonishing grassroots explosion, ... The objective was to get a nationwide demonstration of concern for the environment so large that it… — Gaylord Nelson
We are intent on building a movement. The next step is grassroots town meetings. We must keep alive the dialogue around the covenants. — Cornel West
We need to reshape the movement as one of grassroots activists, and not 'professional activists' who populate the seemingly endless number of national animal rights… — Gary L. Francione

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