Activism Quote by Lierre Keith

We can follow the example of those who remembered that the role of an activist is not to navigate systems of oppressive power with…

— Derrick Jensen

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

“There is no limit of degradation to which power cannot bring anyone even with the loftiest principles. We would hope that being unprepared for…

— Albert Meltzer

It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what…

— Harry Browne

“once the citizenry acquiesces to a new power, believing that it does not affect them, it becomes institutionalized and legitimized and objection becomes impossible.”

— Glenn Greenwald

“Every previous revolutionary movement in human history has made the same basic mistake. They’ve all seen power as a static apparatus, as a structure.…

— Richard K. Morgan

My power vanishes into thin air the instant that my fellow citizens, who are straight and honest, cease to believe that I represent them…

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

Power works best when it is indirect - never coercing people; instead, getting them to voluntarily align with your interests.

— Robert Greene

“Privileged groups work for greater power consolidation through favoritism.”

— Bryant McGill

it is immoral for powerless people to accept this powerlessness. They may not succeed in getting power but they can fight for it, and…

— Jane Jacobs

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