Activist Quote by Joan Baez

My parents were activists and my mother was hugely involved with the anti-Vietnam War protests.

— Rosanna Arquette

When I was 19 or 20, the way I was an activist was by regularly meeting with groups, going to protests, and being there…

— Laura Jane Grace

I was a protestor. I was such a protestor that I regularly protested things that might have been good for me.

— Maria Dahvana Headley

I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.

— Pearl Cleage

I was very much a child of the 1960s. I protested the Vietnam War and grew up in a fairly politicized home. My father…

— Marianne Williamson

My dad's a hero in a lot of ways. He was a 1960s and 1970s hippie and a member of the protest crowd.

— Jake Tapper

I was taught the value of everyday activism and showing up by my grandma, who wasn't a public official, but was a breast cancer…

— Meena Harris

My father, Melvin van Peebles, and my mother were both very active politically when I was a kid. The first time I was allowed…

— Mario Van Peebles

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 got involved in the political arena in college, protesting the Vietnam War, and became friends with some of the activists at the University…

— Mazie Hirono

I was involved in some peaceful protests.

— Todd Akin

My father was never really a big part of my life, he ended up passing away a few years ago, my biological father. And…

— Marquise Goodwin