Quotes by Activists

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage. Wendell Phillips

Animal Courage Moral Physical Higher Instinct Truer Bravery Much

The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism, and ought to have no place among Republicans and Christians. Angelina Grimke

Obedience Power Blind Obedience Submission Ought Despotism Civil Unqualified Ecclesiastical Doctrine Blind Any Human Whether Place Republicans Human Power Among Christians

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence. Cesar Chavez

Defeat Non-Violence Thing

If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children. Coretta Scott King

Women Voting Think Increase Programs Benefiting Would See Percent Ten Budget Budget Cuts Women And Children End American Children Cuts Turnout American Women

Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think. Emma Goldman

Think Someone Mental Said Condemn Than Effort Requires Less

Justice and judgment lie often a world apart. Emmeline Pankhurst

Justice Lie World Judgment Often Apart

White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made their mistake... they put us behind them, and we watched every move they made. Fannie Lou Hamer

Today Mistake World Made White Every Put Know Because American Move Behind Where Them Us Watched

Every social justice movement that I know of has come out of people sitting in small groups, telling their life stories, and discovering that other people have shared similar experiences. Gloria Steinem

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters. Gloria Steinem

Courage Few Our More Daughters Sons Like Begun Raise

We've never advocated violence; violence is inflicted upon us. But we do believe in self-defense for ourselves and for black people. Huey Newton

People Black Self-Defense Believe Ourselves Never Inflicted Us Violence

Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men. Jane Addams

Attitude Respect Men Living Civilization Equal Method

America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live. Jane Addams

Future Home School Will Live Must Determined He Becomes How Child America Taught Teach Hence Largely Watch

The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages. Jim Hightower

Jobs Had Wages Issue Just Even Slaves

There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education. Malala Yousafzai

Education Problems Think Solution Just Just One Many

The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God. Malcolm X

God Government Black Revolution White Liberals Only Itself Controlled

When ghetto living seems normal, you have no shame, no privacy. Malcolm X

You Privacy Living Ghetto Seems Shame Normal