Government Quote by Susan Rosenberg

I was highly influenced by violence.

— Ryan Gosling

My greatest influence has been the blues. And that's a literary influence, because I think the blues is the best literature that we as…

— August Wilson

I was involved in the anti-war movement.

— Bill Ayers

The influences in my life were all kind of politically, socially implanted. And then there was Watergate.

— Tobe Hooper

Vietnam helped me to look at the horror and terror in the hearts of people and realize how we can't aim guns and set…

— Yusef Komunyakaa

I have always been inspired by the American peace movement because it is operating in a very hard and militarist environment.

— Mairead Corrigan

The massive anti-war movement, which I was a part of and which was a major part of my life, never stopped the war in…

— Bill Ayers

I was in awe of previous black liberation struggle leaders - Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells. I wanted to be part of something bigger…

— Opal Tometi

Social justice has always been a part of my inspiration. For example, when the Vietnam War was going on, I wrote a song about…

— Jimmy Cliff

I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I was 18,…

— Radhanath Swami

I was trained within a black radical tradition that encouraged struggle within our own movements because it sharpens collective analysis - bringing us closer…

— Patrisse Cullors

The Civil Rights Movement, it wasn't just a couple of, you know, superstars like Martin Luther King. It was thousands and thousands - millions,…

— Barbara Ehrenreich