"I think we're not looking sufficiently at what……" — Grace Lee Boggs
"I think we're not looking sufficiently at what is happening at the grassroots in the country. We have not emphasized sufficiently the cultural revolution that we have to make among ourselves in order to force the government to do differently. Things do not start with governments."
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25 Quotes by Grace Lee Boggs
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I believe that we are at the point now, in the United States, where a movement is beginning to emerge.
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Rebellions tend to be negative, to denounce and expose the enemy without providing a positive vision of a new future...A…
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People are aware that they cannot continue in the same old way but are immobilized because they cannot imagine an…
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You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be. And you do…
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Don't get stuck in old ideas. Keep recognizing that reality is changing and that your ideas have to change.
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What time is it on the clock of the world?
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