Home / Quotes / Quote by Grace Lee Boggs

Quote by Grace Lee Boggs

“I think it's really important that we get rid of the idea that protest will create change.”

Quote by Grace Lee Boggs

Author

Grace Lee Boggs

Grace Lee Boggs, born on June 27, 1915, was a prominent American author and social activist. Known for her profound insights into socialism, racial equality, and women's liberation, she was a significant figure in the American left-wing movement of the 20th century. Her writings and activities have had a profound impact on contemporary American society. more

You May Also Like

“The idea of protest organizing, as summarized by community organizer Saul Alinsky, is that if we put enough pressure on the government, it will do things to help people. We don't realize that that kind of organizing worked only when the government was very strong, when the West ruled the world, relatively speaking. But with globalization and the weakening of the nation-state, that kind of organizing doesn't work.”

People Ifs World Kind Ideas States Enough Helping Government Strong Nations Realizing Community Pressure West Protest Very Strong Globalization Weakening Organizer

Author:Grace Lee Boggs

“In every crisis, people do not respond like a school of fish. Some people become immobilized. Some people become very angry, some commit suicide, and other people begin to find solutions. And visionary organizers look at those people, recognize them and encourage them, and they become leaders of the future.”

People Looks School Leader Solutions Crisis Angry Suicide Fishes Commit Visionaries Organizer Schools Of Fish

Author:Grace Lee Boggs

“Finding the leaders of the future is a question of recognizing those people who give leadership in a crisis.”

People Giving Leader Findings Crisis Recognizing

Author:Grace Lee Boggs

“I think that rebellions arise out of anger, and they're very short-lived. And a revolution has some sense of a long time frame, millions of years that we've been evolving on this planet.”

Thinking Years Long Millions Planets Revolution Long Time Arise Evolve Rebellion Short Lived

Author:Grace Lee Boggs

“We have to think in a very different sense than the way we think now. We think in terms of quick fixes, that solutions will come out of a few protest demonstrations, and calling upon the government to do something. And we can keep trying to do that, and it won't work.”

Thinking Way Trying Different Government Term Calling Solutions Protest Demonstration Keep Trying Quick Fixes

Author:Grace Lee Boggs

“Nonviolence is based on recognizing that all of us are human beings. And at a certain point we begin to learn that you don't gather very much by making enemies out of people and not recognizing their humanity.”

People Humans Certain Humanity Human Beings Enemy Nonviolence Recognizing

Author:Grace Lee Boggs

“Nonviolence is essentially based on recognizing the humanity in every one one of us.”

Humanity Nonviolence Recognizing

Author:Grace Lee Boggs

“I'm not calling for a boycott on voting. But I think it should be very clear that just voting is not going to solve our problems.”

Thinking Should Problem Clear Calling Solve Voting Boycott

Author:Grace Lee Boggs

“I think people are really looking for some way whereby we can grow our souls rather than our economy.”

People Thinking Way Soul Grows Economy

Author:Grace Lee Boggs

“I think that at some level, people recognize that growing our economy is destroying us. It's destroying us as human beings, it's destroying our planet.”

People Thinking Humans Human Beings Levels Economy Growing Planets Destroying Our Planet

Author:Grace Lee Boggs