Activism Quotes - Page 9

• Hippies started the ecology movement. They combated racism. They liberated sexual stereotypes, encouraged change, individual pride, and self-confidence. They questioned robot materialism. In four years they managed to stop the Vietnam War. They got marijuana decriminalized in fourteen states during the Carter Administration.

  Timothy Leary

  War, Hippie, Self Confidence

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• If what we're really trying to do is stop the spread of HIV, we need to think about the customer.

  Amy Lockwood

  Thinking, Trying, Hiv

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• Art is about the edges and the sharp corners and those places are not conducive to activism, which is about putting on a gloss.

  Scott Thompson

  Art, Gloss, Corners

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• Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can influence votes but because service is integral to religious and spiritual life.

  Radhanath Swami

  Spiritual, Religious, Community

  "The Bhakti Way of Investing in the Ecology of the Heart" by Radhanath Swami, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 17, 2011.

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• You cannot do good work if you take your mind off the work to see how the community is taking it.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Community, Mind, Good Work

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• The only good produced by the disappearance of Africville was the appearance of a conscious black nationalism … In this regard, Consecrated Ground is the heir of fierce, vengeful, and epic activism.

  George Elliott Clarke

  Epic, Black, Heirs

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• Social activism has gone mainstream. A new generation of philanthropic leaders such as Bill and Melinda Gates, and Bono are providing inspiration, guidance, and billions of dollars through their global foundations.

  Willow Bay

  Inspiration, Leader, Dollars

  "Living Now Gets a Makeover: Check Out Our New How-To Guide for a Fuller Life" by Willow Bay, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 17, 2007.

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• In college I studied '60s and '70s radicalism, student activism, forms of political violence, groups like the Weathermen, the Black Panthers, the Symbionese Liberation Army, the New Left.

  Marisha Pessl

  Army, College, Political

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• A little child in Ethiopia will die before this song is through.

  Rod Stewart

  Song, Peace, Children

  Song: Ghetto Blaster, Album: Body Wishes

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• Don't slay that potato, let us be merciful please.

  Tom Paxton

  Peace, Special, Potatoes

  Song: Don't Slay That Potato, Album: One Million Lawyers and Other Disasters, 1985

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• Don't start me talking, I could talk all night. My mind goes sleepwalking while I'm putting the world right.

  Elvis Costello

  Peace, Night, Talking

  Elvis Costello (2015). “Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink Deluxe”, p.34, Penguin

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• Everybody needs a helping hand, take a look at your fellow man.

  Amy Grant

  Peace, Men, Hands

  Song: Helping Hand, Album: House of Love, 1994

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• Feel me now, picture my pain, embrace my words, make the world change.

  Tupac Shakur

  Peace, Pain, Special

  Song: Smile

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• Free all the prisoners everywhere, all they want is truth and justice, all they need is love and care.

  John Lennon

  Peace, Justice, Special

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• He went to Paris looking for answers to questions that bothered him so. He was impressive, young and aggressive, saving the world on his own.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Peace, Paris, Special

  Song: He Went To Paris, 1973

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• There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other.

  Henry Rollins

  Needs, Doing The Right Thing, Right Thing

  "HENRY ROLLINS: 'I Like Stress; It Keeps Me Rockin''". "Full Metal Jackie", www.blabbermouth.net. December 30, 2012.

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• The New Deal never rethought the draconian racist immigration restriction policies of the 20s, of course, but its electoral base rested significantly on "ethnic" voters, whose activism was both hemmed in and rewarded by the Democrats. Southern and Eastern Europeans were included as secondary leaders of the new industrial unions, and as entitled citizens qualified for social security, unemployment compensation, and fair labor standards protections, even as workers of color were largely left out of key areas of the welfare state.

  David Roediger

  Keys, Color, Southern

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Art and activism can be symbiotic. They don't have to be, of course; they can also be contradictory.

  Bill Ayers

  Art, Contradictory, Courses

  "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Bill Ayers". Interview with Rachel DeWoskin, therumpus.net. December 1, 2013.

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• If I had rubies, riches, and crowns, I'd buy the whole world and change things around.

  Bob Dylan

  Peace, Special, Rubies

  Bob Dylan (2014). “The Lyrics: Since 1962”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• In forty-five minutes, it'll all be done. We'll all be good and crispy, but we'll still be number one.

  Don Henley

  Peace, Numbers, Special

  Song: Them and Us, Album: I Can't Stand Still

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• It doesn't take a military genius to see we'll all be crispy critters after World War III.

  Al Yankovic

  Peace, Military, War

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• Let love shine and we will find a way to come together.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Peace, Shining, Special

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• Let's grease the wheel over tea, let's discuss things in confidence. Let's be outspoken, let's be ridiculous, let's solve the world's problems.

  Alanis Morissette

  Peace, Grease, Tea

  Song: So Pure, Album: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, 1998

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• Let's save all the children, save the babies, save the babies.

  Marvin Gaye

  Baby, Peace, Children

  Song: Save The Children, Album: What's Going On, 1971

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• Now more than ever the world needs love, not just a slogan.

  John Mellencamp

  Peace, Special, Needs

  Song: Now More Than Ever

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