Quotes about Activism

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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposit — Elie Wiesel
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. — Anne Frank, Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing tha — Margaret Mead
If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I a — E.B. White
One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You wi — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning — Bill Gates
There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives. — Audre Lorde
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. — Ovid
As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to — Martin Luther King Jr.
Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight. — Bob Marley, Bob Marley - Legend
The duty of youth is to challenge corruption. — Kurt Cobain
People would rather believe than know. — Edward O. Wilson
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. — Henry David Thoreau, Walden, or Life in the Woods
Arise, awake, stop not till the goal is reached. — Swami Vivekananda, Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekananda
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. — Elie Wiesel
The necessity of reform mustn’t be allowed to become a form of blackmail serving to limit, reduce, or halt the exercise — Michel Foucault, The Essential Foucault: Selections from Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and — Malcolm X
The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wa — Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements
To really change the world, we have to help people change the way they see things. Global betterment is a mental process — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
It can be difficult to speak truth to power. Circumstances, however, have made doing so increasingly necessary. — Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays