Activism Quote by Eve Ensler

I was never an activist, in the sense that I didn't really join a lot of organizations. I wasn't out in the streets. But…

— Vivian Gornick

There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type…

— Talib Kweli

It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals.

— Anonymous

Unfortunately, I don't think I can call myself an activist because I don't really do enough of anything.

— Merritt Wever

Any social movement that seeks to benefit only its own members I think is a shallow movement and probably doomed to failure.

— Cleve Jones

Activism is a very admirable way to create change, but it has to go hand in hand with personal contact with the people with…

— Michael Feinstein

You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to…

— Talib Kweli

I'm always the one with the activist friends. I've been an activist very little.

— Peter Carey

One doesn't have to be an activist and start a movement.

— Dia Mirza

But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think of when…

— Paul Farmer

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a…

— Angela Davis

I consider myself an activist, but I'm never a protestor.

— Tim Pool