Radical Quotes

Radical Quote of the day

The despair is there; now it's up to us to go in and rub raw the sores of discontent, galvanize them for radical social change.

A radical is he who has no sense...fights without reason...I have a reason. I am authentic. Yes, that's what I am.

It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.

The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .

We can have paid family and medical leave. We can make public colleges and universities tuition-free. These are not revolutionary, radical ideas. They're kind of common sense.

The most radical thing I ever did was to stay put.

No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.

Radical acceptance rests on letting go of the illusion of control and a willingness to notice and accept things as they are right now, without judging.

I feel that 'man-hating' is an honourable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them.

The most radical thing any of us can do at this time is to be fully present to what is happening in the world.

Any man who has the brains to think and the nerve to act for the benefit of the people of the country is considered a radical by those who are content with stagnation and willing to endure disaster.

If you want to say something radical, you should dress conservative.

I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences

We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.

The responsibility for change...lies within us. We must begin with ourselves, teaching ourselves not to close our minds prematurely to the novel, the surprising, the seemingly radical.

Deep in the human heart The fire of justice burns; A vision of a world renewed Through radical concern.

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office.

Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root.'

The establishment of democracy on the American continent was scarcely as radical a break with the past as was the necessity, which Americans faced, of broadening this concept to include black men.

Sometimes a breakdown can be the beginning of a kind of breakthrough, a way of living in advance through a trauma that prepares you for a future of radical transformation.

I want a change, and a radical change. I want a change from an acquisitive society to a functional society, from a society of go-getters to a society of go-givers.

Cannibalism is a radical but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation.

Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.

Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood and by teaching disrespect for home and parents.

Have you ever thought that radical ideas threaten institutions, then become institutions, and in turn reject radical ideas which threaten institutions?

When people say you're doing something radical in rock or dance music, I'm not sure how special that is. What we do is so old-fashioned. It's like trying to do something innovative in tap-dancing.

The radical right is so homophobic that they're blaming global warming on the AIDS quilt.

This historic Christian doctrine of the divinity of Christ does not simply mean that Jesus is like God. It is far more radical than that. It means that God is like Jesus.

Radical Muslims fly planes into buildings. Radical Christians kill abortion doctors. Radical Atheists write books.

Radical feminists have been making the pitch that justice demands that men and women be given an equal opportunity to make it to the top in the workplace.

It is absurd to think that a man can believe in Christ, with his heart, and it not have a radical affect on the rest of his life.

This radical transformation of world power relationships reflects primarily in the case of both the USA and the USSR the growth of the productive forces.

I think if I had to put a finger on what I consider a good education, a good radical education, it wouldn't be anything about methods or techniques. It would be loving people first.

Radical Christianity is not going on a missions trip or a big conference. Radical Christianity is staying steady for decades.

A radical and transformative thought goes nowhere without the willingness to challenge convention.

Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

The most radical, audacious thing to think is that there might be some point to working hard and thinking hard and reading hard and writing hard and trying to be of service

The trouble with radicals is that they only read radical literature, and the trouble with conservatives is that they don't read anything

Be outrageous enough to trust God. Don't be adjusting your vision downward. Keep believing for radical things in Christ.

I can live with the robber barons, but how do you live with these pathological radicals?

There is no radical or moderate Islam. There is only one Islam and that is the Islam from the Koran, the holy book. That is the Islam from Mohammed. There are no two sorts of Islam.

Do you want total war? If necessary, do you want a war more total and radical than anything that we can even imagine today?

Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.

Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living.

I feel very protected when I see a movie. That's why I like making violent movies or radical movies.

Every Christian should be both conservative and radical; conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it.

Women are prevented by the threat and reality of male violence from entering public space on equal terms with male citizens.

In retrospect I can see that my desire to create abstractions has become more and more radical. Art should not be delivering a report on reality, but should be looking at what's behind something.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.