Civilisation Quote by Zachary Quinto

21st-century activism is different perhaps in the sense that the individual can be more present in the process, especially via social media, but the…

— Ory Okolloh

I believe that movements start when individuals who feel very isolated and very alone in the midst of an alien culture, come in touch…

— Parker J. Palmer

We are doing politics differently - smart, populist, political movement.

— Maxime Bernier

On the one hand, we have the mass; on the other, its historic goal, located outside of existing society. On one hand, we have…

— Rosa Luxemburg

One should be cautious about "general conceptions." I think a strong case can be made that activism today is as high as ever, perhaps…

— Noam Chomsky

All political movements are like this - we are in the right, everyone else is in the wrong. The people on our own side…

— Doris Lessing

“Speaking of large social movements: "What unifies it is ideas, not ideologies. There is a vast difference between the two; ideas question and liberate,…

— Paul Hawken Blessed Unrest

I definitely feel we're moving forward. There's a lot more understanding... there's less fear and we're working on there being less hatred.

— Melissa Etheridge

Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.

— Chuck D

We've come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn't move us forward. Sometimes one side is up…

— Barack Obama

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself…

— Joseph Brodsky

People are less certain of their national identities or their place in the world. It starts looking different and disorienting. And there is no…

— Barack Obama