Agitation Quote by Timothy Thomas Fortune

There is a desire for progress in the hearts of all men, and it is the sense of frustration and inability to move forward…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“Could it be that Americans are a restless people, a mobile people, never satisfied with where they are as a matter of selection? The…

— John Steinbeck

Men are made uneasy; they flinch; they cannot bear the sudden light; a general restlessness supervenes; the face of society is disturbed, or perhaps…

— Henry Thomas Buckle

The same rebellion, the same impatience, the same anger that exists in the hearts of the dark people in Africa and Asia is existing…

— Malcolm X

Over the last two or so decades, there's been an increase in thinking among the Left, liberals, intellectuals in the direction of so-called spontaneity.…

— Vijay Prashad

Political agitation, by the passions it arouses or the convictions it engenders, may in fact stimulate men to the violation of the law. Detestation…

— Learned Hand

“From the outset, people's experiences of desire and rage, memory and power, community and revolt are inflected and mediated by the institutions through which…

— Anne McClintock

But just as haste and restlessness are typical of our present-day life, so change also takes place more rapidly than before. This applies to…

— Gustav Stresemann

Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.

— Kwame Nkrumah

I think that rebellions arise out of anger, and they're very short-lived. And a revolution has some sense of a long time frame, millions…

— Grace Lee Boggs

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

— Oscar Wilde

Those who have to face persistent political persecution become highly politicized. Our lives take on a rhythm different from those who, on waking up…

— Aung San Suu Kyi