82 Activism Quotes for You to Enjoy

I've been involved in social activism my entire life, and I would argue that many people involved in social activist movements have done very little work on themselves. Eve Ensler

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For me, writing, drawing, and political activism are three separate pursuits; each has its own intensity. I happen to be especially attuned to and engaged with the society in which I live. Both my writing and my drawing are invariably mixed up with politics, whether I want them to be or not. Gunter Grass

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My activism always existed. My art gave me the platform to do something about the activism. Harry Belafonte

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When you hear anyone policing the bodies of trans women, misgendering and othering us, and violently exiling us from spaces, you should not dismiss it as a trans issue that trans women should speak out against. You should be engaged in the dialogue, discourse, and activism that challenges the very fibers of your movement. Janet Mock

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One example of 21st century activism we are engaging in is All Out, a first-of-its-kind global movement to advance the interests and rights of LGBT people. All Out is bringing together people of all identities to build a world in which everyone can live freely and be embraced for who they are. Jeremy Heimans

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I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of the activism and the injection of working at the Carter Center, and in international affairs, and to some degree, domestic affairs, on energy conservation, on environment, and things of that kind. Jimmy Carter

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Films can't change the society; they can simply open the space for the discussion which can lead to social change and can start new forms of social activism. Joshua Oppenheimer

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The Black Lives Matter movement has spawned all kinds of activism. Justin Simien

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My mom, Clida, taught my four brothers and me about her father's work to organize black voters in rural Louisiana in the 1950s. We carried her dad's legacy of activism with us. The Civil Rights Movement was present in the daily life of my family in Detroit in the 1970s. Keith Ellison

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I'll never forget working to get my college, Wayne State University, to divest from the government in South Africa. This was the beginning of my activism, and the fight for social and economic justice has been a constant thread in my life. Keith Ellison

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Activism and art do go hand in hand, but I am an artist and an 'artivist' within that. Kiersey Clemons

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Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It's very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don't view myself as a political person. I'm just someone who desperately wants to stay alive. Larry Kramer

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Shareholder activism is not a privilege - it is a right and a responsibility. When we invest in a company, we own part of that company and we are partly responsible for how that company progresses. If we believe there is something going wrong with the company, then we, as shareholders, must become active and vocal. Mark Mobius

I believe activism is the true source of change in the world. Pushing to change social structures in communities that you are a part of is critical for making real lasting change. Marley Dias

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The core of human rights work is naming and shaming those who commit abuses, and pressuring governments to put the screws to abusing states. As a result, human rights conventions are unique among international law instruments in depending for their enforcement mostly on the activism of a global civil society movement. Michael Ignatieff

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It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives' recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause. Michael Kinsley

Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism. Michael Kinsley

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I wouldn't say all journalism is activism, but I would say most journalism is activism. Mike Cernovich

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My acting and activism go hand-in-hand, and they really support one another. Nicole Maines

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Rather than empowering all, consumer and shareholder activism gives greatest voice to those with the most money in their pockets, those who can switch from seller to seller with relative ease. Consumer and shareholder activism is a form of protest that favours the middle classes, an outpouring of the dissatisfaction of the bourgeoisie. Noreena Hertz

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I just look back at my time in college and think about how much my community activism and my work in neighborhoods really informed my actual academic career and beyond... It can provide a way better learning than the traditional classroom setting. Opal Tometi

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