Quotes about Activism
Those of us who love peace must organize as effectively as the war hawks. As they spread the propaganda of war, we must spread the propaganda of peace.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
They be marching hand in hand, like going to war.
— Alice Walker
Never could I advocate nonviolence in this country and not advocate nonviolence for the whole world.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If I have advocated the cause of the Negro, it is not because I am a Negro, but because I am a man.
— Frederick Douglass
Is it right to raise one's voice when others are being silenced? Yes.
— Milan Kundera
It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Christians should emphatically be campaigning for justice for the poor - but the Church is not a campaign.
— Rowan Williams
Jesus is the movement for social justice, and the movement for social justice is Jesus in the present.
— Karl Barth
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
— Desmond Tutu
When I appear in the Chicago courtroom, I want to be tried not because I support the NLF - which I do - but because I have long hair.
— Abbie Hoffman
While most activists could use a good dose of gentleness, I think most believers could use a good dose of holy anger.
— Shane Claiborne
Dom Helder Camara, a twentieth-century bishop in Brazil, said, "When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a Communist.
— Shane Claiborne