Change Quote by Deray McKesson

Protest is political. It is as political as what our conception of America is.

— DeRay Mckesson

It's really important that we get rid of the idea that protest will create change. We don't realize that that kind of organizing worked…

— Grace Lee Boggs

“If protesting, do no harm to yourself or others. Peaceful protest is more effective when creating real change. Peaceful protest wins over the hearts…

— Leland Lewis

When I think about protest, I worry so much that people think about it only as standing in the streets. And I say that…

— DeRay Mckesson

I think it's really important that we get rid of the idea that protest will create change.

— Grace Lee Boggs

It is important to keep protesting, to keep forcing a conversation in the public arena. In any case, when you know what the right…

— Viggo Mortensen

There is a vast need for all types of protest today, whether it be civil disobedience, or whether it be on a - more…

— William Kunstler

“I see protest as a genuine means of encouraging someone to feel the inconsistencies, the horror, of the lives we are living. Social protest…

— Audre Lorde

Peaceful protest is a hallmark of our democracy. It has been in impetus for social change throughout our history.

— Stan Van Gundy

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it. It is a corrective to the sluggishness of…

— Howard Zinn

People might not protest for overtly political or social causes, but when they can't feed themselves and their family, they will take to the…

— Marcus Samuelsson

Protest is best used when it's part of a strategy that involves escalating tactics that build pressure on targets.

— Alicia Garza