Best Social Change Quotes

224 Social Change quotes by 168 unique authors

The end is what you want, the means is how you get it. Whenever we think about social change, the question of means and ends… — Saul Alinsky
There never was a social change in America without angry people at the heart — Keith Miller
The spirituality that we need to develop for social change is one that mobilizes us for social change. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Social change involves helping people see new options for making life wonderful that are less costly to get needs met. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Unless we as social change agents come from a certain kind of spirituality, we're likely to create more harm than good. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Law cannot stand aside from the social changes around it. — William J. Brennan
I think we brought to the world, the United States anyway, the whole idea of boycotting as a nonviolent tactic. I think we showed the… — Dolores Huerta
I don't think I've had any great success in predicting politics or social change, nor have I really tried. — Paul Krugman
When we begin to love and respect Great Mother Nature's gift to us of gayness, we'll discover that the bondage of our childhood and adolescence… — Harry Hay
If one is going to change the definition of marriage to be, quote, 'same sex,' then there is absolutely no valid argument constitutionally or rhetorically… — Gary Bauer
I dont write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but thats not why I write. — August Wilson
It is always the young that make the change. You don't get these ideas when you're middle-aged. Young people have daring, creativity, imagination and personal… — Abbie Hoffman
The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing. — Patricia Hill Collins
One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The future is our responsibility, but change will not take place until the majority loose confidence in their dictator’s and elected officials’ ability to solve… — Jacque Fresco
Social change cannot come above the intellect, it comes about by people suffering. And the more people are related to that, the more they lose… — Jacque Fresco
When we generate utopian visions and hope to make them happen soon – when we elect Barack Obama and expect all our problems to be… — Parker J. Palmer
Those who make us believe that anything’s possible and fire our imagination over the long haul, are often the ones who have survived the bleakest… — Paul Rogat Loeb
Family life is the source of the greatest human happiness. This happiness is the simplest and least costly kind, and it cannot be purchased with… — Robert J. Havighurst
The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons. — Desmond Tutu
Live like a mighty river. — Gautama Buddha
Whoever you are, whatever you are, start with that, whether salt of the earth or only white sugar. — Alice Walker
Courage is freedom, and freedom is joy. Be fully who you are, letting the world get used to you - it will! Find a loving… — Doris "Granny D" Haddock
Life is too precious to be a spectator sport. We are no longer merely fans, rooting for the winning team. We are the team. We… — Vicki Robin
Ninety-nine percent of the time humans have lived on this planet we've lived in tribes, groups of 12 to 36 people. Only during times of… — Margaret Mead

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