Social Movements Quotes

Social Movements Quote of the day

Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.

Storytelling may be what most distinguishes social movements from interest groups.

We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery.

Teenagers have a legitimate voice. We deserve to have a seat at the table and a place in the conversation. We're not exempt from politics and social movements; we're affected by them.

A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.

Music has always pushed ahead social movements and can do much more than just dumb down a populace.

There are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies. There is no equivalent of Al-Qaeda without the terrorism.

Individuals bearing witness cannot do the work of social movements, but they can break a corrosive and demoralizing silence.

Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak.

Angela Davis offers a cartography of engagement in oppositional social movements and unwavering commitment to justice.

Major social movements eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and experience.

Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses.

The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.

I try to preface everything with "this isn't new." Because most social movements have happened before and I get that. Nothing I'm doing is new.

Individual struggles merge into larger social movements.

As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our great social movements.

History is the product of vast, amorphous and indecipherable social movements.

Leaders who do not help the people must be replaced by the people.

It is a beautiful thing to be on fire for justice… there is no greater joy than inspiring and empowering others––especially the least of these, the precious and priceless wretched of the earth!