Activism Quote by Derrick Jensen

Understand: the task of an activist is not to negotiate systems of power with as much personal integrity as possible--it's to dismantle those systems.

— Lierre Keith

Political activism is seductive because it seems to offer the possibility that one can improve society, make things better, without going through the personal…

— Tom Robbins

It's the reason why I am always interested in engaging in people who are pushing us and pushing against the status quo. But having…

— Barack Obama

“How, then, does one become an activist? The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply forget that…

— Noam Chomsky

The rhythm of being an activist today involves a pretty simple rhythm. You have to open your eyes to the reality before you. You…

— Bill Ayers

The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise…

— Angela Davis

An activist is someone who cannot help but fight for something. That person is not usually motivated by a need for power or money…

— Eve Ensler

If you're just the person with power, exercising that power fearfully and angrily, you're going to be an operative of injustice and inequality.

— Bryan Stevenson

“To engage in activism that envisions alternatives ways of organizing society and alternative ways of being is to risk membership in society, a sense…

— Deborah B. Gould

“Political awareness without activism means looking at the devastation, your face turned toward the center of things. Activism can generate hope because in itself…

— Rebecca Solnit

Activists can get very preachy about things. It's more about understanding people's own experiences and tapping into them.

— Duncan Green

Activism that challenges the status quo, that attacks deeply rooted problems, is not for the faint of heart.

— Malcolm Gladwell