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Famous quotes by Activists

From the civil rights motion to the fight for gender equal rights, protestors have been at the center of social modification. Their words have inspired generations to defend what they rely on as well as to eliminate for a better globe. Right here are a few of one of the most powerful quotes from activists who have actually made an enduring influence on society.
Small: The tiger is a magnificent creature and one that is threatened by human activities on all fronts. It is up to
Peter Knights
"The tiger is a magnificent creature and one that is threatened by human activities on all fronts. It is up to us to protect this iconic species and ensure that it has a future in the wild"
Peter Knights, Activist
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Small: In politics, an organized minority is a political majority
Jesse Jackson
"In politics, an organized minority is a political majority"
Jesse Jackson, Activist
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Small: Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve
Wangari Maathai
"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve"
Wangari Maathai, Activist
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Small: Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of the children in this country, blac
Stokely Carmichael
"Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of the children in this country, black children, who you allow to come into white schools. We have 94 percent who still live in shacks. We are going to be concerned about those 94 percent"
Stokely Carmichael, Activist
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Small: In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one i
Nhat Hanh
"In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us"
Nhat Hanh, Activist
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Small: We cannot afford to lose any more species to extinction. It is our responsibility to protect and preserve the
Peter Knights
"We cannot afford to lose any more species to extinction. It is our responsibility to protect and preserve the natural world for future generations"
Peter Knights, Activist
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Small: If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive m
Jesse Jackson
"If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart"
Jesse Jackson, Activist
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Small: Your children need your presence more than your presents
Jesse Jackson
"Your children need your presence more than your presents"
Jesse Jackson, Activist
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Small: Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and
Harriet Tubman
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world"
Harriet Tubman, Activist
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Small: If you say, Im for equal pay, thats a reform. But if you say. Im a feminist, thats a transformation of society
"If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society"
Gloria Steinem, Activist
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Small: Black people are inferior to Caucasians. Blacks constitute a totally distinct group they overshadow the countr
"Black people are inferior to Caucasians. Blacks constitute a totally distinct group; they overshadow the country with the germ... of evil"
David Wilmot, Activist
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Small: Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength
"Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength"
Betty Friedan, Activist
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Small: Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and
Nat Turner
"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"
Nat Turner, Activist
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Small: We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable
Stokely Carmichael
"We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy"
Stokely Carmichael, Activist
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Small: Never wound a snake kill it
Harriet Tubman
"Never wound a snake; kill it"
Harriet Tubman, Activist
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Small: Id like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. Id have some romantic scenes as Audrey Hepburn and have gritt
"I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic scenes as Audrey Hepburn and have gritty black-and-white scenes as Patricia Neal"
Gloria Steinem, Activist
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Small: Youre not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you cant face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who sa
Malcolm X
"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it"
Malcolm X, Activist
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Small: If you have no critics youll likely have no success
Malcolm X
"If you have no critics you'll likely have no success"
Malcolm X, Activist
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Small: In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it
"In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it"
A. Philip Randolph, Activist
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Small: The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his
"The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well"
Jose Marti, Activist
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Small: There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today... they are waiting for us to forget, because this
Simon Wiesenthal
"There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today... they are waiting for us to forget, because this is what makes possible the resurrection of these two monsters"
Simon Wiesenthal, Activist
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Small: Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the
Grace Abbott
"Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time"
Grace Abbott, Activist
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Small: I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownersh
"I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal"
Roger Nash Baldwin, Activist
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Small: On the one hand, the guns were there to help capture the imagination of the people. But more important, since
"On the one hand, the guns were there to help capture the imagination of the people. But more important, since we knew that you couldn't observe the police without guns, we took our guns with us to let the police know that we have an equalizer"
Bobby Seale, Activist
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Small: No race of barbarians ever existed yet offered up children for money
"No race of barbarians ever existed yet offered up children for money"
Samuel Gompers, Activist
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Small: As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making
"As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue"
David Korten, Activist
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Small: Our goal: the Islamization of Muslims. Our methods: to believe and to struggle
"Our goal: the Islamization of Muslims. Our methods: to believe and to struggle"
Alija Izetbegovic, Activist
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Small: Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information
"Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information"
Abbie Hoffman, Activist
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Small: Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy sweat will get
Jesse Jackson
"Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change"
Jesse Jackson, Activist
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Small: Its the little things citizens do. Thats what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees
Wangari Maathai
"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees"
Wangari Maathai, Activist
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