Activist Quote by Charb Download Open image “When activists need a pretext to justify their violence, they always find it.” — Charb ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Activist Justify Needs Pretext Violence
I see [activists] getting really angry that people won't just do what the evidence tells them, and that's not very helpful. You need to… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
You can justify, from a political standpoint, any type of violence you want to use. — Jerry Vlasak Copy Share Image
Turning a human being into a thing is almost always the first step towards justifying violence against that person. — Jean Kilbourne Copy Share Image
All over the world, young males and females, schooled in the art of patriarchal thinking, are building an identity on a foundation that sees… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Violence is one way to silence people, to deny their voice and their credibility, to assert your right to control over their right to… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Sometimes when we're incensed by the rancid tide of injustice, the impulse is to attack. We must avoid this. We have learned that violence… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“Violence is a primitive but still very widespread way in which the ego attempts to assert itself, to prove itself right and another wrong.” — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Argument closes off the doors of the senses. It always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
When a man carries an instrument of violence, he'll always find the justification to use it. — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
I am not afraid of retaliations. I don't have kids. I don't have a wife, no car, no credit. It may seem pompous, but… — Charb Copy Share Image
Our job isn't to defend freedom of speech, but without freedom of speech we are dead. We can't live in a country without freedom… — Charb Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Social media is not just another way to connect feminist and activist voices - it amplifies our messages as well. — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp.… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Because my graduate academic training at law school was not one that included most of the intellectual traditions I find useful for understanding the… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
I've been an activist in the LGBT community for a long time. I think nothing's changed, I'm just a little bit more focused on… — Chaz Bono Copy Share Image
I think that compared to other politicians who have been put in jail in the past, compared to the human-rights activists in history who… — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
Some kinds of activists are more willing to try stuff out, see if works and think on their feet, but some of the people… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
Black gay activists should try to build coalitions of people for the elimination of all injustice. — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
You do what you know is good, because it's good, and then you have a certain peace of mind, saying, you've been an activist… — Ray McGovern Copy Share Image