"To make a revolution, people must not only……" — Grace Lee Boggs
"To make a revolution, people must not only struggle against existing institutions. They must make a philosophical/ spiritual leap and become more 'human' human beings. In order to change/ transform the world, they must change/ transform themselves."
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25 Quotes by Grace Lee Boggs
Grace Lee Boggs has 25 quotes on this site.
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We can begin by doing small things at the local level, like planting community gardens or looking out for our…
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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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How do we redefine education so that 30-50 percent of inner-city children do not drop out of school, thus ensuring…
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History is not the past. It is the stories we tell about the past. How we tell these stories -…
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We urgently need to bring to our communities the limitless capacity to love, serve, and create for and with each…
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When you read Marx (or Jesus) this way, you come to see that real wealth is not material wealth and…
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The struggle we're dealing with these days, which, I think, is part of what the 60s represented, is how do…
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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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I think we're not looking sufficiently at what is happening at the grassroots in the country. We have not emphasized…
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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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