Famous quotes by Activists

"The Woman's Party is made up of women of all races, creeds and nationalities who are united on the one program of working to raise the status of women"

Alice Paul, Activist

"It is better, as far as getting the vote is concerned, I believe, to have a small, united group than an immense debating society"

Alice Paul, Activist

"When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row"

Alice Paul, Activist

"In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change"

Nhat Hanh, Activist

"But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible"

Jose Marti, Activist

"A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots"

Jose Marti, Activist

"The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions"

Nhat Hanh, Activist

"The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit"

Samuel Gompers, Activist

"Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity"

Jose Marti, Activist

"Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect"

Jose Marti, Activist

"A child who does not think about what happens around him, and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly, is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel"

Jose Marti, Activist

"It is necessary to make virtue fashionable"

Jose Marti, Activist

"Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture"

Lydia M. Child, Activist

"Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age"

Lydia M. Child, Activist

"That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting slaves of custom"

Lydia M. Child, Activist

"You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy"

Lydia M. Child, Activist

"To understand how any society functions, you must understand the relationship between the men and the women"

Angela Davis, Activist

"I am Mother Jones. The Government can't take my life and you can't take my arm, but you can take my suitcase"

Mary Harris Jones, Activist

"Little girls and boys, barefooted, walked up and down between the endless rows of spindles, reaching thin little hands into the machinery to repair snapped threads"

Mary Harris Jones, Activist

"I will tell the truth wherever I please"

Mary Harris Jones, Activist

"Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'"

Angela Davis, Activist

"I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back, and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever, but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement"

Angela Davis, Activist

"Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work"

Angela Davis, Activist

"Should such an ignorant people lead the world? How did it come to this in the first place? 82 percent of us don't even have a passport! Just a handful can speak a language other than English"

Michael Moore, Activist

"I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire. I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do"

Michael Moore, Activist

"Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?"

Kate Millett, Activist

"Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?"

Kate Millett, Activist

"The involuntary character of psychiatric treatment is at odds with the spirit and ethics of medicine itself"

Kate Millett, Activist

"Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of their conditioning"

Kate Millett, Activist

"This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband doesn't like you"

Kate Millett, Activist

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