Activism Quotes - Page 4

• As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that revived it for a third season.

  George Takei

  Stars, Second Chance, Fans

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• This is a revolution of the mind, get your mind together and get away from drugs.

  James Brown

  Peace, Drug, Mind

  Song: King Heroin

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• The ultimate crime is not to care.

  Todd Rundgren

  Peace, Special, Care

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• Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Long, Philanthropy, Remains

  Albert Schweitzer (2014). “A Treasury of Albert Schweitzer”, p.61, Open Road Media

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• Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away.

  Bono

  Thinking, Gone Away, Problem

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• 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.

  Maajid Nawaz

  Majority, Culture, Movement

  "A Global Culture to Fight Extremism". TEDGlobal 2011, www.ted.com. July 2011.

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• I think the environmental movement has failed in that it's used the stick too much; it's used the apocalyptic tone too much; it hasn't sold the positive aspects of being environmentally concerned and trying to pull us out.

  Edward Burtynsky

  Thinking, Environmental, Trying

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• Activism is setting a goal of something you would like to be different, and figuring out what would have to change to achieve that goal. It's sort of like math.

  Rachel Maddow

  Math, Goal, Different

  "Rachel Maddow’s Star Power". Interview with Clara Jeffery, www.motherjones.com. January 2009.

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• Developing compassion for Congress and politicians is a good way to begin practicing the new social activism if you want to make effective changes in the world. Perhaps the most startling new insight of all is that there is no other way to effectively change the world.

  Gary Zukav

  Compassion, Social Activism, World

  "Compassion and Congress" by Gary Zukav, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 7, 2011.

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• Something I have "authority" on is animal rights. If I were not already so deep into the path I've taken, deep in the woods, I would probably work with animal rights activism because that's really where my heart lies. I think our relationships with animals are sacred and horrific. I've been a vegetarian since I was sixteen. What God said we are allowed to eat anything that does not have thumbs?

  Lucie Brock-Broido

  Lying, Taken, Heart

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Sometimes that irrational commitment to principle is what society needs to survive. Whenever you talk about radicalism, whenever you talk about activism, whenever you talk about progressive activity, that sort of moves the measure of liberty in human society forward, makes us all enjoy a better standard of liberty, it typically starts out criminal. It typically starts out a little bit shaky, and rather radical. And that's irrational to put yourself up to do that.

  Edward Snowden

  Moving, Commitment, Liberty

  Source: www.nesta.org.uk

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• Liberalism in various guises - feminism, the sexual revolution, gay activism - has been at war with marriage and family for several decades now. And when do-gooders look around at the wreckage of human lives caused by disintegrating families, they call for government to act as father, mother, brother, and sister.

  Mona Charen

  Mother, Brother, Father

  Mona Charen (2006). “Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help and the Rest of Us”, Sentinel

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• The most basic activism we can have in our lives is to live consciously in a nation living in fantasies. Living consciously is living with a core of healthy self-esteem. You will face reality, you will not delude yourself.

  Bell Hooks

  Self Esteem, Reality, Healthy

  "The BK Nation INTERVIEW with bell hooks". Interview with Kevin Powell, bknation.org. February 28, 2014.

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• I think there's a number of pillars to success. One is you've got to have a great idea. The other is you've got to have a constituency, you've got to have finance, and you've got to be able to raise awareness.

  Jeremy Gilley

  Motivation, Inspiration, Thinking

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• The first myth to dispel is that Africa is not a country. It's made up of 53 different countries. So to say 'invest in Africa' is a no-go. It's meaningless.

  Euvin Naidoo

  Country, Motivation, Inspiration

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• While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive.

  Martin Sheen

  Acting, Alive, Staying Alive

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• Gay life in 1970 was very bleak, compartmentalized. You didn't take it to work. You had to really lead a double life. There were bars, but you sort of snuck in and snuck out. Activism and gay pride simply didn't exist. I don't even think the word 'gay' was in existence.

  Larry Kramer

  Pride, Gay, Thinking

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• The nation is burdened with the heavy curse on those who come afterwards. The generation before us was inspired by an activism and a naive enthusiasm, which we cannot rekindle, because we confront tasks of a different kind from those which our fathers faced.

  Max Weber

  Father, Different, Tasks

  "Max Weber". Book by Reinhard Bendix, p. 53, 1960.

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• If it takes a bloodbath now let's get it over with.

  Ronald Reagan

  Stupid, Presidential, Ifs

  "Reagan: A Life In Letters".

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• I think feminist pedagogy should not simply expose students to a particularized academic scholarship but that it should also envision the possibility of activism and struggle outside the academy.

  Chandra Talpade Mohanty

  Struggle, Thinking, Feminist

  Chandra Talpade Mohanty (2003). “Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity”, p.243, Duke University Press

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• Imagine all the people Sharing all the world.

  John Lennon

  Peace, Hippie, Brotherhood Of Man

  Song: Imagine, Album: The U.S. vs. John Lennon

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• The two parts of technology that lower the threshold for activism and technology is the Internet and the mobile phone. Anyone who has a cause can now mobilize very quickly.

  Howard Rheingold

  Technology, Phones, Two

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• No precautions, and no precautionary principle, can avoid problems that we do not yet foresee. We need a stance of problem-fixing, not just problem-avoidance.

  David Deutsch

  Motivation, Inspiration, Principles

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• Over the years, I've found that I either live life or write about it. I can't seem to do both simultaneously - I have to do it sequentially. When I write incessantly, I lose touch with the issues and passions that fuel the work. But when I get too involved in organizations or movement endeavors, I almost forget that I'm a writer. It's a constant struggle to find a balance between these two worlds - the solitary writing life and the life of a social justice activist.

  Letty Cottin Pogrebin

  Struggle, Live Life, Passion

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• Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It's very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don't view myself as a political person. I'm just someone who desperately wants to stay alive.

  Larry Kramer

  Writing, Views, Seductive

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