Activism Quotes

Activism Quote of the day

You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.

We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you'll get action.

Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.

One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.

So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned.

Out of control judicial activism threatens traditional marriage in America.

Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism.

Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

My activism did not spring from being black...The racial injustice that was present in this country during my youth was a challenge to my belief in the oneness of the human family.

Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box.

Activism is something that no one can fake. You get angry. You cry. But you never throw in your towel, because that anger is what is propelling you to further action.

One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.

If I look at the mass I will never act.

You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.

To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.

One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change.

It is important for women to do something about what they see.

Don't wait for a better world. Start now to create a world of harmony and peace. It is up to you, and it always has been. You may even find the solution at the end of your fork.

Critical reflection on practice is a requirement of the relationship between theory and practice. Otherwise theory becomes simply "blah, blah, blah, " and practice, pure activism.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

As usual, in every scheme that worsens the position of the poor, it is the poor who are invoked as beneficiaries.

Spirituality which inspires activism and, similarly, politics which move the spirit - which draw from the deep-seated place of our greatest longings for freedom - give meaning to our lives.

Never feel too small or powerless to make a difference.

If you join the rat race — you're in the race of rats.

Is it too much to ask, to live in a world where our human gifts go toward the benefit of all? Where our daily activities contribute to the healing of the biosphere and the well-being of other people?

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

Say what you want but you NEVER say it with violence!

We create the world we live in. If we want to change what we don't like in the world, we must start by changing what we don't like about ourselves.

Action comes from keeping the heat on. No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough.

Activism is not a journey to the corner store. It is a plunge into the unknown. The future is always dark.

People would rather believe than know.

What if every church in America had a ministry to stand against modern slavery?