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224 Social Change quotes by 168 unique authors

...no movement for social change has ever succeeded without 'the militarism component'....Thinkers may prepare revolutions, but bandits must carry them out — Ingrid Newkirk
And lastly, the political revolutions from 1911 to the present time have done more to bring about tremendous social changes everywhere than even the economic… — Hu Shih
All long-term social change comes from the successful efforts of one or another struggling organizations to capture the minds of a hard core of future… — Gary North
When we as a society begin to value mothers as the givers and supporters of life, then we will see social change in ways that… — Ina May Gaskin
Youth Ministry, as traditionally organized, has also suffered the impact of social changes. Young people often fail to find responses to their concerns, needs, problems… — Pope Francis
You keep plugging away--that's the way social change takes place. That's the way every social change in history has taken place: by a lot of… — Noam Chomsky
When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared. If… — Cameron Sinclair
So much history can be lost if no one tells the story -- so that's what I do. I tell the stories. This is my… — Alanis Obomsawin
Public education is a great instrument of social change. Through it, if we so desire, we can make our country more nearly a democracy without… — James Bryant Conant
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
All social change begins with a conversation. — Margaret J. Wheatley
To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us. — Pope Francis
William Wilberforce...w as a great man who impacted the Western world as few others have done. Blessed with brains, charm, influence and initiative, much wealth… — J I Packer
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
I'd pick a young white guy over an old white guy for president anytime because the younger guy is more likely to have been influenced… — D L Hughley
...move from emphasis on personal lifestyle issues toward creating political paradigms and radical models of social change that emphasize collective as well as individual change. — Bell Hooks
It's often the case that great artists - people like Bruce Springsteen - tend to pick up the subterranean rumblings of profound social change long… — Wayne Swan
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. — Cesar Chavez
Social change comes through people. — Paul Watson
The question is always 'What is the role of a labor movement?' How much is about collective bargaining, how much is about social change for… — Andy Stern
There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals. — Winona LaDuke
Men must be capable of imagining and executing and insisting on social change if they are to reform or even maintain civilization, and capable too… — Rebecca West
So many social changes are as irreversible as the reaction when sodium is thrown into water. — Gunnar Myrdal
Architecture was, or is, a kind of hobby, an inclination I have to fiddling around and building things. Putting up shelves or cupboards, or making… — Gerhard Richter
Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions. — Faye Wattleton

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