Best 433 quotes in «activism quotes» category

All activism is fake activism.

Alone, no one wins freedom.

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

Another recollection is that [ Paul Johnson] mostly kept away from ideas and dedicated activism, and concentrated on sex lives and other gossip.

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

art is not advocacy and advocacy is not art.

Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do.

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.

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

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

Fear is better than apathy because fear makes us do something.

For me, poetry is a form of activism. And that word enables the labelers, and also gives them a rash.

I brake for brunettes.

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

Invalidating laws has absolutely nothing to do with judicial activism. It depends on whether the law is unconstitutional or not. That's really the key point.

In my mind, there's no logical conclusion that can be drawn, other than that I was fired for my activism.

I never know why these people talk to me. I would not talk to me.

It makes me so angry when people say, "We never hear from people who are happy doing sex work." Well, that's because they're working. The activism privileges people who hated doing sex work, are no longer doing it, and have a job at a social service organization, for example, that trains them on how to speak to the media. We are hearing from those people quite a bit.

Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.

I was never an activist, in the sense that I didn't really join a lot of organizations. I wasn't out in the streets. But what I did become was a writer. My activism was in writing.

Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box.

Mistrust must be acted on, and effective action by the ruled is not solitary and singular, but joint and repeated.

living for a high purpose is as honorable as dying for it.

My kids have lived experiences that could have never been duplicated otherwise. That's one thing about people who get involved in activism, you live so many experiences that otherwise they wouldn't be there. This is why peoples' lives are so enriched.

Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.

My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.

My main area of activism is the death penalty, and it will continue to be once this crisis is over with.

My pro-choice activism keeps me busy.

My point is not that everything is bad, but that everything is dangerous, which is not exactly the same as bad. If everything is dangerous, then we always have something to do. So my position leads not to apathy but to hyper - and pessimistic - activism.

My reporting in Africa wouldn't be political per se, but it's certainly the point of my reporting - and of a lot of other reporters I know: Human suffering is bad, and if reporting stories about it brings it to light and someone does something, that's part of the point of journalism. And it's a thin line between that and activism, and you have to be careful about that.

Nothing scares the army more than nonviolent opposition.

Never feel too small or powerless to make a difference.

No sane human being devotes 100% of his or her life to political activism.

Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism.

Out of control judicial activism threatens traditional marriage in America.

One monkey don't stop no show. Not one, not six. The struggle continues.

Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism.

Outside of my film work, my advocacy and activism is centered around inter-connection and inter-dependence.

Philanthropy is activism.

Publicity, discussion, and agitation are necessary to accomplish any work of lasting benefit.

Thank George Michael for your radical activism in the LGBTQ community! Love you always!

Somebody referred to what I do as subliminal activism, which I like.

Technology works best when it facilitates human hope, activism, engagement & intervention.

Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.

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.

This is not something that happens far away to people that we don't know. Global warming is something that happens to all of us, all at once.

We won't get fooled again!

Activism begins with you, Democracy begins with you, get out there, get active! Tag, you're it

Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?

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