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• A wingnut is someone on the far-right wing or far-left wing of the political spectrum - the professional partisans, the… — John Avlon
• My father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I… — Joan Baez
• I was not an activist. — Joe Biden
• Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of… — Michael N. Castle
• President Obama appears to me to have elevated and implemented the artist-activist concept to the role of empowered servant-leader... — Aberjhani
• One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think… — Bertrand Russell
• The Sister Fund supports spiritual women and their organizations, both grassroots activists for justice, and national and international social change… — Helen LaKelly Hunt
• Lovers of freedom, lovers of social justice, disarmers, peacekeepers, civil disobeyers, democrats, civil-rights activists, and defenders of the environment are… — Jonathan Schell
• I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom… — Martin Sheen
• Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences… — Bill Gates
• I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored. — Studs Terkel
• I think it's very important that we protect marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. I proposed… — George W. Bush

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