Occupy Wall Street Quotes - Page 2

• We ought to say, "Occupy Wall Street, not Iraq," "Occupy Wall Street, not Afghanistan," "Occupy Wall Street, not Palestine." The two need to be put together. Otherwise people might not read the signs.

  Arundhati Roy

  Wall, Two, Iraq

  "Arundhati Roy: 'The people who created the crisis will not be the ones that come up with a solution'". Interview with Arun Gupta, www.theguardian.com. November 30, 2011.

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• As inequality grows, the basic bonds of social fraternity are fraying - as we discussed in regard to Occupy Wall Street. As tensions increase, people will become more willing to engage in protest. But that moment is not now.

  Edward Snowden

  Wall, People, Moments

  Source: www.thenation.com

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• [Occupy Wall Street] had an impact on consciousness. It was not effective in realizing change.

  Edward Snowden

  Wall, Impact, Realizing

  Interview with Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen, www.thenation.com. October 28, 2014.

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• The rich get richer and the poor get the picture. I think this Occupy Wall Street thing is great.

  Simon Baker

  Wall, Thinking, Rich

  "Simon Baker Talks Margin Call, Occupy Wall Street, The Mentalist, and His Thoughts on Doctor Strange". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 20, 2011.

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• Part of the problem with Occupy Wall Street was that folks were never really clear on what they were fighting for. If you don't know what you're fighting for, how do you know when you've got victory? In some ways, new media makes it easier for people to connect. It's hard, though, because we're much more seduced by the Internet, by big-screen TVs, by cell phones that can do everything.

  Stanley Nelson Jr.

  Wall, Fighting, Phones

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Herman Cain told a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters to go home, get a job, and get a life. That's the Republican version of hope and change, ladies and gentlemen.

  Jay Leno

  Jobs, Wall, Home

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• First of all, no candidate is going to win by catering to the alleged Occupy Wall Street vote.

  Jim DeMint

  Wall, Winning, Firsts

  "DeMint Weighs In". Interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. January 19, 2012.

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• I'm an anarchist and I do think things such as Occupy Wall Street are about getting a little closer to the solution.

  Woody Harrelson

  Wall, Thinking, Littles

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• I locate a great deal of the power of Occupy Wall Street in the name itself, 'Occupy Wall Street,' or '#OccupyWallStreet.' It works because the name contains everything you need to know: the tactic and the target. The name is also modular. You can create your own offshoot in your own city.

  Dana Spiotta

  Wall, Cities, Names

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• I believe strongly that Occupy Wall Street had such limits because the local authorities were able to enforce, basically in our imaginations, an image of what proper civil disobedience is - one that is simply ineffective.

  Edward Snowden

  Wall, Believe, Imagination

  Source: www.thenation.com

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• There's a difference between an outburst of spontaneous anger, which doesn't have a political objective, and a more measured response that we saw in the Occupy Wall Street movement.

  David Harvey

  Wall, Differences, Political

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• So far, the only major accomplishment of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters is that they have finally put an end to their previous initiative, Occupy Our Mothers' Basements.

  Ann Coulter

  Mother, Wall, Accomplishment

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• The Occupy Wall Street protests are shining a national spotlight on the most powerful, dangerous and secretive economic and political force in America.

  Bernie Sanders

  Wall, Powerful, America

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If Occupy Wall Street can see their way to more collaboration with the union movement, then there will be a great deal of political action possible.

  David Harvey

  Wall, Political, Collaboration

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• To understand Occupy Wall Street, you have to understand artists. Art is freedom - freedom of expression - and its message has resonated through society for centuries.

  Peter M. Brant

  Art, Wall, Expression

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• The Occupy Wall Street collective is confused about what it wants but it wants it now! Some of the loonier demands from its independent thinkers: Striking all existing public and private debt from the books across the "entire planet"; elimination of all international borders; free college education; a guaranteed "living wage" for all regardless of employment; an end to free trade; trillions in additional spending for infrastructure and ecological restoration; and ending the fossil fuel economy.

  Mike Rosen

  Wall, Confused, Book

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• I don't know what they are protesting at Occupy Wall Street but I'm on their side. But 10,000 protestors and one Porta Potty?

  David Letterman

  Wall, Sides, Potty

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• Yesterday the CEO of Citigroup said that he can understand why all these Occupy Wall Street protesters are so frustrated. In fact, he felt so bad for them, he gave himself a $10 million sympathy bonus.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Wall, Yesterday, Frustrated

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• I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring, sharing, and refreshingly naïve hope.

  Elayne Boosler

  Wall, Moving, Caring

  "Occupy Wall Street — and What Charles Schwab Owes Kittens and Puppies" by By Elayne Boosler, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 20, 2011.

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