Activism Quotes - Page 6

• ..you just get stoned, get the ideas in your head and then do 'em. And don't bullshit. I mean that's the thing about doin' that guerrilla theatre. You be prepared to die to prove your point.

  Abbie Hoffman

  Mean, Ideas, Bullshit

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• Eleanor Roosevelt had both her admirers and her detractors. And they admired her and detracted from her for many of the same reasons. People who liked her social activism, who thought that she was calling attention to problems that needed solving, were all for her.

  William A. Rusher

  People, Attention, Social Activism

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I am very proud of our Supreme Court - it is one of the best worldwide. Nevertheless, since the 1990s, we have seen a certain imbalance in the relationship between the judiciary, the parliament and the government. The Supreme Court behaved in an activist way. We have to debate the degree to which such Supreme Court activism is appropriate.

  Ayelet Shaked

  Government, Proud, Imbalance

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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

  Fady Joudah

  Giving, Form, Poetry Is

  Source: therumpus.net

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• From spiritual connection springs kindness, connection, social activism, and love.

  Dani Shapiro

  Spiritual, Kindness, Spring

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

  Rush Limbaugh

  Winning, Boxes, Ballots

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• My parents didn't really restrict my movement, so I got involved in the underground music scene and the activism scene; I was doing some volunteering in food relief. I spent a lot of time throughout the city in poor areas, even though my family lived in a wealthy area.

  Jess Row

  Cities, Volunteer, Parent

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Khairani Barokka is a writer, spoken-word poet, visual artist and performer whose work has a strong vein of activism, particularly around disability, but also how this intersects with, for example, issues of gender - she's campaigned for reproductive rights in her native Indonesian, and is currently studying for a PhD in disability and visual cultures at Goldsmiths. She's written a feminist, environmentalist, anti-colonialist narrative poem, with tactile artwork and a Braille translation. How could I not publish that?

  Deborah Smith

  Strong, Artist, Rights

  Source: thequietus.com

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• The main one is that these apparel jobs are a very important means for young women in these countries to gain autonomy. The other big lesson is that it can't be just about activism. This is most clear to me in the case of China, where we do not have freedom of the press. If the press is free and can report on what's happening, then change happens.

  Pietra Rivoli

  Country, Jobs, Mean

  Source: content.time.com

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• All I want is peace and love on this planet.
  Ain't that how God planned it?

  Chuck D

  Peace, Rap, Hip Hop

  Chuck D, Yusuf Jah (2007). “Chuck D: Lyrics of a Rap Revolutionary”, Y & G Communications

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• What most interests me is human connection, whether it's on the street, in
  community, through music, storytelling, and shared experience. People tell me to be a rock cellist, make money, and give up on the activism so I can make more money.

  Ben Sollee

  Giving Up, Rocks, People

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• London is one of the world's centres of Arab journalism and political activism. The failure of left and right, the establishment and its opposition, to mount principled arguments against clerical reaction has had global ramifications. Ideas minted in Britain – the notion that it is bigoted to oppose bigotry; 'Islamophobic' to oppose clerics whose first desire is to oppress Muslims – swirl out through the press and the net to lands where they can do real harm.

  Nick Cohen

  Real, Land, Ideas

  "At last, Islam's appeasers may be on the run" by Nick Cohen, www.theguardian.com. February 5, 2011.

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• A person writing at night may put out the lamp, but the words he has written will remain. It is the same with the destiny we create for ourselves in this world.

  Gautama Buddha

  Writing, Night, Destiny

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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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• From activism to socialising to starting new bands, 99% of everything that happens on MySpace is fun and positive. But with that many people, theres going to be a few bad apples, which presents challenges.

  Chris DeWolfe

  Fun, Apples, People

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

  Madonna Ciccone

  Peace, Shining, Special

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• It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term "activism," which basically means talking about something but doing nothing. . . . We made giving exciting.

  Bob Geldof

  Mean, Talking, Giving

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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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• My policing was nothing but activism - it had to be.

  Kiran Bedi

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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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• 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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• The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental activism. We don't tend to support big agencies.

  Anita Roddick

  Running, Agency, Support

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