Famous quotes by Activists

"One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country is that no one talks out"

Kathy Acker, Activist

"But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men"

Kathy Acker, Activist

"We need women leaders. But we need them to have a vision for something"

Charlotte Bunch, Activist

"What man or woman of common sense now doubts the intellectual capacity of colored people? Who does not know, that with all our efforts as a nation to crush and annihilate the mind of this portion of our race, we have never yet been able to do it"

Angelina Grimke, Activist

"If a law commands me to sin, I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly"

Angelina Grimke, Activist

"When I found I had given birth to a human wreckage, to a child that was an imbecile, my heart was broken"

Victoria Woodhull, Activist

"It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love"

Victoria Woodhull, Activist

"The problem with Bush is that yes, he's religious in a fundamentalist sort of way, they read the Old Testament as a sort of charter for the chosen people to do what they like"

Bruce Kent, Activist

"You can do whatever you want with my work"

Kathy Acker, Activist

"I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember it"

Kathy Acker, Activist

"I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever"

Kathy Acker, Activist

"Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture"

Charlotte Bunch, Activist

"Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North, and slavery would die amid the flame of Christian remonstrance, and faithful rebuke, and holy indignation"

Angelina Grimke, Activist

"My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily"

Victoria Woodhull, Activist

"Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the victory would be won in a single week"

Victoria Woodhull, Activist

"If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?"

Victoria Woodhull, Activist

"I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice"

Victoria Woodhull, Activist

"Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds, will continue in others"

Rosa Parks, Activist

"I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen"

Rosa Parks, Activist

"Follow your dreams, believe in yourself, and don't give up"

Rachel Corrie, Activist

"I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser"

Mother Jones, Activist

"We always think that everybody can do a little bit more, if not a lot more"

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Activist

"I saw many aspects of the country which I needed to see in order that I might know what we need to do"

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Activist

"Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico"

David Wilmot, Activist

"Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free"

Cesar Chavez, Activist

"Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers"

Cesar Chavez, Activist

"From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength"

Cesar Chavez, Activist

"If we are really anxious not to have nuclear weapons in Iran, the first thing is to call an international conference on abolishing all nuclear weapons, including Israeli nuclear weapons"

Bruce Kent, Activist

"You know I've had work banned"

Kathy Acker, Activist

"We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know, minor ways and major ways - like what you've just encountered which isn't censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way"

Kathy Acker, Activist

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