Quotes about Activism
In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.
— Desmond Tutu
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.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Every once in a while, I get mad. 'The Lorax' came out of my being angry. The ecology books I'd read were dull... In 'The Lorax,' I was out to attack what I think are evil things and let the chips fall where they might.
— Dr. Seuss
Well, for me the pro-life issue has been something I've been very passionate about since the '70s, and I have been very involved in the pro-life community since long before politics.
— Mike Huckabee
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed. Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice. (Proverbs 31:8—9, NLT)
— Lisa Bevere
The sooner our society admits that the Negro Revolution is no momentary outburst soon to subside into placid passivity, the easier the future will be for us all.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The goal of the spiritual activist is to find inner peace even in externally chaotic circumstances.
— Marianne Williamson
The timid may say, "What is the use? We shall be sent to prison." To them I would reply: Even if only two percent of those assigned to perform military service should announce their refusal to fight, as well as urge means other than war of settling international disputes, governments would be powerless, they would not dare send such a large number of people to jail.
— Albert Einstein
A person's a person, no matter how small! And you very small persons will NOT have to die If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!
— Dr. Seuss
I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life.
— Malala Yousafzai
Protest is OK. But protests, according to my King family legacy, should be peaceful.
— Alveda King
At five I was already a feminist, and nobody used the word in Chile yet.
— Isabel Allende