Activism Quotes - Page 19

• Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them.

  Abbie Hoffman

  Life, War, Robots

  Abbie Hoffman (1971). “The "steal Yourself Rich" Book”

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• If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change.

  Michael Jackson

  Peace, Looks, World

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• World conditions challenge us to look beyond the status quo for responses to the pain of our times. We look to powers within as well as powers without. A new, spiritually based social activism is beginning to assert itself. It stems not from hating what is wrong and trying to fight it, but from loving what could be and making the commitment to bring it forth.

  Marianne Williamson

  Pain, Hate, Commitment

  Marianne Williamson (2014). “Healing the Soul of America: Reclaiming Our Voices as Spiritual Citizens”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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• We are stardust, we are golden and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.

  Joni Mitchell

  Peace, Hippie, Garden

  "Woodstock" (song) (1969)

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• It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Motivational, Time, Mean

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• Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself.

  Joss Whedon

  Humanity, News, Enough

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• The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment; they like nothing better than love and nonviolence. The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window.

  William S. Burroughs

  Love, Hippie, Flower

  William S. Burroughs (1989). “The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs”, Penguin Group USA

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• Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit.

  Emma Goldman

  Lying, Men, Self

  Emma Goldman (2015). “Anarchism: Top Crime Collections”, p.72, 谷月社

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  There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

  Elie Wiesel

  Freedom, Philosophy, Military

  Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.182, Schocken

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  My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.

  Anna Sewell

  Perseverance, Animal, Compassion

  Anna Sewell (1895). “Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse”, p.195

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• Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.

  Patricia Hill Collins

  People, Ordinary, Ordinary People

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• My goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is to save the world in online games.

  Jane McGonigal

  Motivation, Real, Inspiration

  "Gamers for good". "Future Tense" with Antony Funnell, www.abc.net.au. October 20, 2013.

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• You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

  Bob Dylan

  Hippie, Blow, Wind

  FaceBook post by Bob Dylan from Feb 10, 2010

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• Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.

  Abbie Hoffman

  Change, Hippie, Liberty

  "Soon to be a Major Motion Picture". Book by Abbie Hoffman, p. 297, 1980.

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• The dream we were conceived in will reveal a joyful face, and the world we once believed in will shine again in grace.

  Michael Jackson

  Dream, Peace, Shining

  Song: Heal the world complete and orignal edition

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• A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

  Edward Abbey

  Inspirational, Country, Freedom

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.17, RosettaBooks

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• Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

  Huey Newton

  Destiny, Giving, People

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• He who allows oppression shares the crime.

  Desiderius Erasmus

  Perseverance, Freedom, Democracy

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• We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism.

  Huey Newton

  Fighting, Two, Evil

  Huey P. Newton, Toni Morrison, Elaine Brown (2009). “To die for the people: the writings of Huey P. Newton”, City Lights Publishers

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• If my activism, however well-motivated, drives out love, then I have misunderstood Jesus’ gospel. I am stuck with law, not the gospel of grace.

  Philip Yancey

  Jesus, Law, Grace

  Philip Yancey (2009). “Grace Notes”, p.356, Harper Collins

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• There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people.

  Huey Newton

  People, Patriotism, No Fear

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• We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We've got to jump right in there with both feet.

  Dolores Huerta

  Positive, Feet, Process

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• [Africa] is a continent of many countries, not one country. If we are down to three or four conflicts, it means that there are plenty of opportunities to invest in stable, growing, exciting economies where there's plenty of opportunity.

  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

  Country, Mean, Opportunity

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