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Source: The Tombs of Atuan

“the wrongs of society can be more deeply impressed on a large class of readers in the form of fiction than by essays, sermons, or the facts of science.”

Art Facts Form Fiction Class Reader Activism Impressed Persuasion Essays Sermons

Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“we know that our world is corrupt and diseased but we're tired of being cynical and feeling helpless. What the hell, tilt at a windmill.”

Knows World Feelings Hell Tired Activism Our World Cynical Helpless Diseased Tilt Windmills

Book:Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Good-bye

Source: Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Good-bye

“Mistrust must be acted on, and effective action by the ruled is not solitary and singular, but joint and repeated.”

Action Activism Solitary Joints Mistrust

Book:Powers of the weak

Source: Powers of the weak

“[On her UNICEF work:] I'm glad I've got a name, because I'm using it for what it's worth. ... I do not want to see mothers and fathers digging graves for their children.”

Want Children Mother Father Names Activism Glad Graves Digging Mother And Father Unicef

Author:Audrey Hepburn

“I knew that my newfound activism and feminism was going to improve my acting, because I was seeing things not just in very narrow, individual, kind of Freudian terms, but seeing them in a much broader, societal way that was going to deepen and enrich my talent.”

Way Kind Individual Term Acting Seeing Feminism Talent Activism

Author:Jane Fonda

“Terence McKenna says, "The culture is not your friend." I am not sure we can change this culture. But I think we can rise above it and create a new world. That's why I so deeply believe in alternative spaces. That's why I believe in the power of art and activism.”

Thinking World Believe Art Culture I Believe Space I Believe In Activism Alternatives Not Sure New World Rise Above Rise Above It

Author:Eve Ensler

“The most disappointing feature of working for a cause is that so few people have a philosophy of life. We used to say, in the suffrage movement, that we could trust the woman who believed in suffrage, but we could never trust the woman who just wanted to vote.”

People Philosophy Wanted Used Causes Movement Life Philosophy Vote Activism Features Disappointing Suffrage Never Trust Suffrage Movement

Author:Jeannette Rankin

“even if I do not see the fruits, the struggle has been worthwhile. If my life has taught me anything, it is that one must fight.”

Ifs Has Beens Fighting Struggle Taught Fruit Activism Worthwhile

Book:And not to yield: an autobiography

Source: And not to yield: an autobiography

“anything that becomes a cult, or a mass movement, loses its moral and spiritual value. The crusade has to be personal, individual. As soon as it becomes collective it loses its purpose.”

Spiritual Purpose Values Individual Change Loses Moral Movement Mass Activism Collectives Cult Crusades Spiritual Values

Author:Rosamond Lehmann

“living for a high purpose is as honorable as dying for it.”

Purpose Dying Activism Honorable

Author:Carrie Chapman Catt

“The political writer, then, is the ultimate optimist, believing people are capable of change and using words as one way to try and penetrate the privatism of our lives.”

People Way Trying Believe Political Our Lives Capable Ultimate Activism One Way Optimist Penetrate Using Words

Author:Cherrie Moraga

“Spirituality which inspires activism and, similarly, politics which move the spirit - which draw from the deep-seated place of our greatest longings for freedom - give meaning to our lives.”

Giving Moving Spirit Spirituality Our Lives Inspire Draws Longing Activism

Book:Loving in the war years: lo que nunca pasó por sus labios

Source: Loving in the war years: lo que nunca pasó por sus labios

“Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life's light to be determined by the darkness around me.”

Ifs Littles Hard Light Life Is Fighting Darkness Laughing Easier Battle Determination Determined Activism Good Fight Fight The Good Fight

Author:Sojourner Truth

“I am for keeping the thing going while things are stirring. Because if we wait till it is still, it will take a great while to get it going again.”

Ifs Stills Truth Waiting Truth Is Activism Reform Stirring

Book:The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and related readings

Source: The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and related readings

“It is a truism that one person who wants something is a hundred times stronger than a hundred who want to be left alone.”

Want Persons Left Hundred Stronger Activism Want Something Left Alone Truism That One Person

Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth

“This is an amazing country, for all of its faults. My feeling is, dig in and let's try to change the world. Dissent is not only your right, it's your duty.”

World Trying Country Feelings Duty Faults Activism Changing The World Patriotism Dissent

Author:Susan Sarandon

“Disturbers are never popular - nobody ever really loved an alarm clock in action, no matter how grateful he may have been afterwards for its kind services!”

Kind May Has Beens Matter Action Grateful Activism Clock Alarms Alarm Clocks

Book:In Times Like These

Source: In Times Like These

“Never feel too small or powerless to make a difference.”

Feels Differences Activism Making A Difference Powerless

Book:Take it personally: how to make conscious choices to change the world

Source: Take it personally: how to make conscious choices to change the world

“One monkey don't stop no show. Not one, not six. The struggle continues.”

Shows Struggle Six Activism Monkeys

Book:The Salt Eaters

Source: The Salt Eaters

“I know we will create a society where there are no rich or poor, no people without work or beauty in their lives, where money itself will disappear, where we shall all be brothers and sisters, where every one will have enough.”

People Knows Enough Poor Rich Brother Disappear Activism Brothers And Sisters Rich Or Poor

Author:Sylvia Pankhurst

“public work brings a vicarious but assured sense of immortality. We may be poor, weak, timid, in debt to our landlady, bullied by our nieces, stiff in the joints, shortsighted and distressed; we shall perish, but the cause endures; the cause is great.”

May Causes Poor Weak Endure Debt Activism Immortality Assured Joints Bullied Niece Vicarious

Book:Pavements at Anderby: tales of

Source: Pavements at Anderby: tales of

“We always need to remember that behind almost every great moment in history, there are heroic people doing really boring and frustrating things for a prolonged period of time.”

People Needs Moments Remember Behinds Periods Boring Activism Heroic Frustrating Great Moments Frustrating Things

Author:Gail Collins

“Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do.”

Able Activism Outrage

Author:Kathy Reichs

“I believe it is the responsibility and duty of those in high-profile positions to give a voice to people whose voices cannot be heard.”

People Giving Believe I Believe Voice Responsibility Heard Position Duty Activism Profile Speaking Up High Profile

Author:Donatella Versace

“Rebels and dissidents challenge the complacent belief in a just world, and, as the theory would predict, they are usually denigrated for their efforts. While they are alive, they may be called 'cantankerous,' 'crazy,' 'hysterical,' 'uppity,' or 'duped.' Dead, some of them become saints and heroes, the sterling characters of history. It's a matter of proportion. One angry rebel is crazy, three is a conspiracy, 50 is a movement.”

“..you just get stoned, get the ideas in your head and then do 'em. And don't bullshit. I mean that's the thing about doin' that guerrilla theatre. You be prepared to die to prove your point.”

Mean Ideas Dies Prove Prepared Theatre Activism Ems Bullshit Be Prepared Guerrillas

Author:Abbie Hoffman

“You are talking to a leftist. I believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. I believe in universal hospital care for everyone. I believe that we should not have a single homeless person in the richest country in the world. And I believe that we should not have a C.I.A. that goes around overwhelming governments and assassinating political leaders, working for tight oligarchies around the world to protect the tight oligarchy here at home.”

“Think of all the hate there is in Red China, then take a look around to Selma, Alabama.”

Thinking Looks Hate Red China Activism Alabama

Author:Barry McGuire

“Killing a cop just because he's a cop, that'll happen. And that should happen. And there's nothing inhuman about it at all. It's survival. It's the most human thing in the world.”

World Should Humans Happens Survival Killing Activism Cop Inhuman

Author:Bernardine Dohrn

“We have dedicated our lives, our blood, to the freedom and liberation of our people, and nothing, no force can stop us from achieving our goal. If it is necessary to destroy the United States of America, then let us destroy it with a smile on our faces.”

People Ifs States America Faces Force Goal United United States Our Lives Blood Achieve Activism Liberation Dedicated United States Of America

Author:Eldridge Cleaver

“All the news of home you read, more about the war and of bloody changes.”

War Home News Activism Bloody

Book:Joni Mitchell: Hits: Piano/Vocal/Chords

Source: Joni Mitchell: Hits: Piano/Vocal/Chords

“The thing that has made the so-called Negro in America fail, more than any other thing, is your, my, lack of knowledge concerning history. We know less about history than anything else.”

Knows Made America Failing Activism Lack Of Knowledge

Book:The End of White World Supremacy: Four Speeches

Source: The End of White World Supremacy: Four Speeches

“To dislocate the functioning of a city without destroying it can be more effective than a riot because it can be longer-lasting, costly to the society but not wantonly destructive, moreover, it is more difficult for Government to quell it by superior force.”

Government Force Difficult Cities Activism Superiors Destructive Lasting Destroying Riot

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Mass civil disobedience can use rage as a constructive and creative force.”

Use Force Creative Mass Activism Rage Constructive Disobedience Civil Disobedience

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“It is purposeless to tell Negroes they should not be enraged when they should be. Indeed, they will be mentally healthier if they do not suppress rage, but vent it constructively and use its energy peacefully but forcefully to cripple the operations of an oppressive society. Civil disobedience can utilize the militance wasted in riots to seize clothes or groceries many do not even want.”

Ifs Want Should Use Energy Clothes Activism Rage Operations Disobedience Riot Groceries Civil Disobedience Cripples

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Southern change gonna come at last! Now your crosses are burning fast, Southern Man.”

Men Lasts Crosses Activism Burning Southern

Author:Neil Young

“We won't get fooled again!”

Activism Fooled

Author:Pete Townshend

“So long, Mom I'm off to drop the bomb So don't wait up for me But while you swelter Down there in your shelter You can see me On your TV”

Long Waiting Tvs Mom Activism Bombs Shelter

Author:Tom Lehrer

“I think being an activist and an artist is an interesting contradiction, because so often they are at odds with one another. When you write as an artist you have to clean the palate of your own politics in creating characters and activism is kind of the exact opposite.”

Thinking Writing Kind Character Artist Interesting Creating Opposites Clean Activism Contradiction Activist Odds Palate Creating Characters

Author:Eve Ensler

“We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We've got to jump right in there with both feet.”

Process Feet Positive Activism Criticize

Author:Dolores Huerta

“How do I stop eleven million people from buying the grape?”

People Millions Activism Buying Eleven Grapes

Author:Dolores Huerta

“I live to the rhythm of my country and I cannot remain on the sidelines. I want to be here. I want to be part of it. I want to be a witness. I want to walk arm in arm with it. I want to hear it more and more, to cradle it, to carry it like a medal on my chest. Activism is a constant element in my life, even though afterwards I anguish over not having written 'my own things.' Testimonial literature provides evidence of events that people would like to hide, denounces and therefore is political and part of a country in which everything remains to be done and documented.”

People Want Country Done Political Literature My Own Walks Written Events Arms Elements Evidence Remains Constant Activism Rhythm Witness Chests Anguish Medal Cradle Sidelines Testimonial

Author:Elena Poniatowska

“I fought windmills with such heavy weapons that I risked dislocating my arm.”

Arms Weapons Heavy Activism Windmills

Book:The Education of Fanny Lewald: An Autobiography

Source: The Education of Fanny Lewald: An Autobiography

“There's a big difference between charity and between activism and philanthropy. They're very different things and I think, you know, everybody should find a passion or a cause that they can really get behind, but it has to be organic.”

Thinking Knows Should Different Bigs Passion Causes Differences Behinds Charity Activism Different Things Philanthropy

Author:Eva Longoria

“I do try to separate my personal activism - showing up at a demonstration or something - from what I write.”

Writing Trying Activism Demonstration Showing Up

Author:Ursula K. Le Guin

“Movements are not radical. Movements are the American way. A small group of abolitionists writing and speaking eventually led to the end of slavery. A few stirred-up women brought about women's voting. The Populist movement, the Progressive movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the women's movement - the examples go on and on of 'little people' getting together and telling the truth about their lives. They made our government act.”

“Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That's what movements do. Movements educate people to the truth. They pass along information and ideas that many others do not know, and they cause them to ask questions, to challenge their own long-held beliefs. ... Movements are the way ordinary people get more freedom and justice. Movements are how we keep a check on power and those who abuse it.”

“Good things don't come to those who wait. They come to those who agitate!”

Motivational Action Waiting History Activity Goodness Good Things Activism Monday Monday Morning Inactivity Agitate Standstill Those Who Wait Happy Monday

Author:Julian Bond

“As far as nonviolence and Spiritual Activism, Marshall Rosenberg is it! Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, is essential reading for anyone who wants to improve their communication skills. Applying the concepts within the book will help guide the reader towards a more loving, compassionate, and nonviolent way of understanding and functioning with others, and foster more compassion in the world. I highly recommend this book.”

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