“I thought Brittany Packnett, who was one of the Ferguson activists, really interesting, smart young lady, really impressive - you might want to talk with her. So she was one of the organizers of the Ferguson movement, ended up joining our task force. She came in here and she just knew her stuff.” WantMightYoungForceStuffInterestingMovementSmartTasksActivistImpressiveJoiningReally InterestingOrganizerYoung LadiesFergusonBrittanyTask Forces Author:Barack Obama
“I think that where I've gotten frustrated during the course of my presidency has never been because I was getting pushed too hard by activists to see the justness of a cause or the essence of an issue.” ThinkingHardCoursesCausesIssuesEssenceActivistFrustratedPresidency Author:Barack Obama
“That sort of lack of awareness on the part of an activist about the constraints of our political system and the constraints on this office, I think, sometimes would leave me to mutter under my breath. Very rarely did I lose it publicly. Yeah, usually I'd just smile.” ThinkingSometimesPoliticalLosesAwarenessOfficeBreathsYeahActivistLeaving MeConstraintsPolitical SystemsJust Smile Author:Barack Obama
“You wouldn't know that if you talked to Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International or some of the international activist organizations. Certainly you wouldn't know that if you were talking to some of the writers who criticize our drone policy. But I've actually told my staff it's probably good that they stay critical of this policy, even though I think right now we're doing the best that we can in a dangerous world with terrorists who would gladly blow up a school bus full of American kids if they could.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldHumansKidsSchoolTalkingWatchesRightsDangerousPolicyRight NowOrganizationInternationalHuman RightsBlowCriticalTerroristCriticizeActivistBusStaffDronesAmnestyDangerous WorldSchool BusAmnesty International Author:Barack Obama
“Going back to the discussion we were having about immigration reform, some of the most challenging discussions I've had are with activists who essentially would argue that any immigrant from Central America, let's say, who gets here to this country should be allowed to stay because their country is dangerous, their country is poor, and the opportunities for that mom and that kid are much greater here, and why would you send them back?” ShouldCountryKidsAmericaOpportunityChallengesPoorGreaterDangerousMomArguingImmigrationReformDiscussionImmigrantsActivistImmigration ReformCentral America Author:Barack Obama
“I said to one young activist who herself was the daughter of an undocumented worker, and so could speak from a very personal and legitimate perspective - I remember saying to her: I agree with you, from a moral perspective, that a child from Honduras is worth the same as my daughter. God is not a respecter of boundaries; he's not saying that American kids deserve a better life than Honduran kids. But I'm the president of the United States, and the nation-state by definition means that boundaries mean something and borders mean something.” MeanChildrenSaidStatesKidsRememberYoungSpeakNationsPresidentUnitedMoralUnited StatesPerspectiveDaughterDeserveAgreeWorkersDefinitionsBoundariesBordersMy DaughterActivistBetter LifeHondurasUndocumented Workers Author:Barack Obama
“In one of his final acts in office, President Obama shortened the sentences of 209 prisoners, pardoned 64 individuals .The list included Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, longtime imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López Rivera and retired U.S. Marine Corps General James Cartwright. But missing from the list is 71-year-old Native American activist Leonard Peltier.” YearsIndividualPresidentMissingOfficeArmyIndependenceFinalsSentencesListsNativeActivistPrisonerPresident ObamaNative AmericanOscarsMarineRetiredMarine CorpsChelseaWhistleblowersPez Author:Amy Goodman
“To simply say that black people made allegations that substantiated an unfair and selective prosecution where you had more than half of the counts thrown out, where you had 27 counts where it took the jury less than four hours to find them not guilty - that speaks to fact that here we have three civil-rights activists, acquitted. What we have here is a prosecution that was baseless, a prosecution that chilled African Americans right to vote.” PeopleMadeFactsThreeSpeakBlackHoursHalfFourRightsVoteCivil RightsGuiltyAfrican AmericanThrownActivistBlack PeopleUnfairJuryRight To VoteSelectiveProsecutionNot GuiltyAllegationsChilled Author:Cornell William Brooks
“Anton Pannekoek didn't encourage radical workers and other activists of the anti-Bolshevik left to see revolutionary potential in his work in astronomy, for the simple reason that he was honest, and knew there was none to speak of.” ReasonLeftSpeakSimpleHonestWorkersAstronomyRadicalRevolutionaryActivistBolsheviks Author:Noam Chomsky
“If scientists and scholars were to become "collectively self-organised and consciously activist" today, they would probably devote themselves to service to state and private power. Those who have different goals should (and do) become organized and activist.” IfsShouldDifferentSelfStatesTodayGoalScientistOrganizedActivistScholarOrganised Author:Noam Chomsky
“The election of Barack Obama was a very wonderful step forward for America, which has unfortunately been tainted by the ugly reaction of some right wing activist who are doing their best to cast aspersions on his character and to question his religion and citizenship.” CharacterAmericaStepsWonderfulElectionWingsCastsUglyReactionsBarackActivistCitizenshipRight WingSteps ForwardTaintedAspersion Author:Jimmy Carter
“I certainly don't mean to suggest that all investigative journalism prior to 9/11 in the US was praiseworthy. But there were more examples to which one could point, and there were at last some activist photographers who understood that getting information into the public sphere in spite of military censorship was a right and obligation within democracy. That strain in war journalism did nearly vanish during that time.” MeanWarLastsDemocracyMilitaryInformationExampleUnderstoodPhotographerObligationJournalismSpiteActivistSpheresCensorshipStrainPraiseworthyInvestigative Journalism Author:Judith Butler
“My feminist view - that gender is on a continuum and we are all better off dropping a lot of those binary notions - is one that is shared by the more recent generation of trans activists and theorists.” ViewsGenerationsNotionFeministGenderActivistBetter OffDroppingTransTheoristsContinuumBinary Author:Susan Faludi
“I feel like, in many ways, Billie Holiday's still very under-appreciated as an artist. People focus on her voice, and all of the very recognizable vocal things that she does, which are great. But I wanted to, with this project, start the conversation again about her as a radical feminist, as a civil rights activist - taking a stance. And also just [her] being a non-conformist.” PeopleWayFeelsDoeStillsWantedArtistVoiceFocusRightsConversationProjectsFeministCivil RightsRadicalHolidayActivistAppreciatedVocalStanceConformistRadical FeministNon Conformist Author:Jose James
“Civil libertarian activists are found overwhelmingly on the left. Their right-wing brethren have been concerned with issues more important than civil rights, voting rights, abuses by police and the military, and the subordination of politics to religion - issues like the campaign to expand human freedom by turning highways over to toll-extracting private corporations and the crusade to funnel money from Social Security to Wall Street brokerage firms.” HumansHas BeensImportantFoundLeftSocialIssuesRightsStreetsSecurityMilitaryWallConcernedAbusePoliceWingsLibertarianCampaignsCivil RightsFirmCorporationsVotingActivistSocial SecurityHighwaysRight WingBrethrenTollsRight To VoteCrusadesHuman FreedomSubordination Author:Michael Lind
“I'm really into the rights of immigrants, the rights of the working poor. I'm one of those little activist types. I probably would have just gone to law school. And the scary part is that I was one of those kids who always tested really well. You put a test in front of me, and I would have been like do-do-do-do-do. I probably would have been some community lawyer somewhere - if anything, that's probably what I would have been doing.” IfsWellsLittlesHas BeensKidsSchoolLawCommunityPoorGoneRightsFrontsTypeTestsScaryLawyerImmigrantsActivistTestedLaw School Author:Junot Diaz
“In my political life I spoke before leftist groups, before black activist groups that I disagreed with, to explain my position and to support my legislation.” PoliticalBlackSupportGroupsPositionSpokesActivistLegislationLeftistsPolitical Life Author:David Duke
“The South actually has a very strong tradition of activism. The civil rights movement came from down here! It was black activists demanding that their voices be heard. People say these are red states. No they're not!” PeopleStatesStrongBlackVoiceRightsHeardMovementRedTraditionSouthActivismCivil RightsActivistVery StrongCivil Rights Movement Author:John Darnielle
“When has a Democratic political activist been poisoned by the GOP, or vice versa? We are not the same as #Putin.” PoliticalDemocraticVicesActivistPutinVice VersaGop Author:Marco Rubio
“I got involved as an activist when I was in high school, around the Iraq war. That's how I got involved. It seemed like, OK, we're going to go to war. It doesn't seem like a good idea. Someone should do something. I'm looking around and, like, I am someone, and I might not be able to do everything, but I can do something.” ShouldI CanIdeasWarSeemsMightAbleSchoolCan DoInvolvedHigh SchoolIraqActivistGood IdeasIraq WarCan Do Something Author:Eugene Puryear
“I don't want to be remembered as an activist; I want to be remembered as an American Indian patriot.” WantIndianRememberedActivistPatriotAmerican Indian Author:Russell Means
“Black gay activists should try to build coalitions of people for the elimination of all injustice.” PeopleShouldTryingBlackGayInjusticeActivistCoalitionsElimination Author:Bayard Rustin
“The left defends their, whatever you want to call, partisans, activists or what have you.” WantLeftActivistPartisans Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I talked to a lot of Black Lives activists in various states. What I learned is that the relationship of police departments around the country with the black community is far, far more severe and awful than I had originally known.” CountryStatesBlackCommunityKnownPoliceVariousAwfulDepartmentActivistSevereBlack CommunityBlack LivesPolice Department Author:Bernie Sanders
“In at least one country where homosexual activists have won major concessions, we have even seen a church pastor threatened with prison for preaching from the pulpit that homosexual behavior is sinful. Given these trends, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints must take a stand on doctrine and principle. This is more than a social issue - ultimately it may be a test of our most basic religious freedoms to teach what we know our Father in Heaven wants us to teach.” KnowsWantMayCountryFatherJesusGivenHeavenSocialChristChurchReligiousPrinciplesTeachIssuesBehaviorMajorsJesus ChristTestsPrisonSaintDoctrineLatterActivistTrendsPreachingThreatenedPastorHomosexualWant USocial IssuesOur FatherReligious FreedomPulpitConcessionsLatter DaysFather In HeavenLatter Day Saints Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“Agitators, organizers, activists, intellectuals aren't bound by those rules. We're not trying to figure out, how do I thread this particular needle?” TryingFiguresParticularBoundsActivistThreadNeedlesOrganizer Author:Bill Ayers
“I want to commend the men and women at CPAC. As activists fighting for liberty, fighting for the Constitution, y'all are incredibly important. You are incredibly important number one in shocking and terrifying the mainstream media.” MenWantImportantFightingNumbersLibertyMediaHe ManMen And WomenConstitutionActivistMainstreamShockingMainstream Media Author:Ted Cruz
“It's fine to be an activist, but you're not - if you're not putting up candidates, if you're not getting political, if you're not in your party, then you're probably not going to have long-term change. You will probably dissipate.” IfsLongPoliticalTermPartyFineLong TermCandidatesActivist Author:Mark Shields
“If a bunch of activists want to create the concept of "gay infertility" and then tax all the rest of us to compensate them for the fact that they can't have babies, then that's gonna happen. You haven't missed anything yet. I'm just teasing you as to what's coming. Gays now think it's not fair they can't have babies, so they're calling that "infertility," and it will require mandatory health insurance because of it. Yeah, I know they're not infertile but that doesn't matter; they can't have babies.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantMatterFactsHappensHavensBabyCallingGayTaxesConceptsFairsYeahBunchActivistTeaseNot FairInfertility Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[Sean] Spicer`s message echoed what President Trump tweeted.The so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. Sad.But underneath those dismissals, lies and urgency inside the White House to figure this out, and quickly.” HomeLyingHousePresidentWhiteCasesFiguresTrumpRepublicanMessagesAngryCrowdsWhite HouseActivistUrgencySeanDismissal Author:Chuck Todd
“My hope for America and the activists is that they never, ever go back to sleep, and they keep fighting for social justice, equality, and decency.” AmericaFightingSocialJusticeSleepSocial JusticeActivistDecencyJustice Equality Author:Nina Turner
“I cannot imagine why a woman would ever call herself anything but a feminist. But a man calling himself a feminist, what does that mean? The answer is he wants to be taken as a good guy. Your choice is between saying you're a feminist and raising a flag at a "Take Back the Night" rally and being a men's rights activist, which is basically the only two ways men have of talking about gender right now, I mean that's just ridiculous. That's just two extremes that are totally useless.” MenWayWantMeanDoeTwoNightGuyChoicesAnswersTalkingTakenRightsImagineCallingRight NowFeministExtremesGenderRidiculousUselessActivistFlagsTwo WaysGood GuyTwo Extremes Author:Stephen Marche
“The international community...cannot simply call on Palestinians to abandon violence in the face of Israeli occupation and remain silent when the nonviolent activists are politically repressed. This only reinforces the idea that the use of force reigns supreme and that Palestinians have no choice but to accept hardships at the hands of their Israeli lords.” IdeasUseHandsFacesChoicesForceCommunityAcceptingLordViolenceSilentInternationalSupremeAbandonHardshipActivistOccupationPalestinianReignIsraeliInternational CommunityRepressedUse Of ForceIsraeli Occupation Author:Yousef Munayyer
“The colonial regime makes sure, often with the help of surrogates, that radical leaders and those honest principled intellectuals and activists who refuse to compromise their principles of independence are eliminated, so that the postcolonial regime (and especially its resources) remains accessible. The result has been a disaster for the (post)colonial world.” WorldHas BeensHelpingResultsLeaderPrinciplesHonestResourcesIndependenceRemainsRefuseDisasterCompromiseRadicalPostsActivistRegimesPrincipledSurrogates Author:Nigel Gibson
“Hair is what connects women in Dakar and Detroit, Oprah [Winfrey] and Opal [Tometi] the Black Lives Matter activist. There's a story in every kink, curl, and coil.” MatterStoriesBlackHairActivistBlack Lives MatterDetroitCurlsKinkBlack LivesOpal Author:Michaela Angela Davis
“Being an Image Activist simply means to be in action of supporting, celebrating and creating honest images of a group you care about, or yourself.” MeanCareActionGroupsHonestCreatingCelebrateActivist Author:Michaela Angela Davis
“My idea of what was going on in politics was driven by activism. I came out when I was 17, and right away I started working in the AIDS activist movement. For me, politics was about getting drugs approved and getting prisoners access to the same kind of drugs that you could get on the outside. It was about getting needle exchanges approved. That was politics. These were policy problems that were killing people, and we were trying to get them changed.” PeopleTryingKindIdeasProblemPolicyMovementChangedDrugKillingDrivenActivismAidsAccessActivistPrisonerNeedlesApproved Author:Rachel Maddow
“The issues which mattered to me as an activist, mainly things like prison reform and AIDS, have less of a chance of getting covered on my show than things I don't have a personal interest in. It's because I don't trust my antenna about being a good storyteller on those subjects, because I know a lot and therefore lose touch with what the average person might find interesting about them.” KnowsPersonsShowsMightInterestLosesChanceInterestingIssuesSubjectsPrisonAverageAidsReformActivistCoveredStorytellerDon't TrustAverage PersonPersonal InterestAntennaPrison Reform Author:Rachel Maddow
“I feel like I have more in common with conservative people who have activist causes in their hearts and who are interested in electoral politics than I do with somebody who doesn't care, doesn't have any political interests, doesn't know what policy is, and doesn't think any of it matters to them. If you care, we're actually going to have a basis of conversation. We might supplementally get along very well, and that might be complicated and fun in a way that is more constructive than you'd expect.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsWellsHeartMatterMightCarePoliticalFunCausesInterestCommonPolicyConversationBasesConservativeComplicatedActivistConstructiveIf You Care Author:Rachel Maddow
“Two radical activists in an organizing group sometime despise each other and disagree with each other as much as a Republican and Democratic politician do.” TwoGroupsPoliticianRepublicanDemocraticRadicalActivistDisagreeDespise Author:Grace Dunham
“I firstly don't think of myself as an activist, I never have. I always say that, I think this word "activist" is relatively recent one. I don't remember when people started being called that or what it means. It reduces both writers and activists, it makes it seem as though a writer's job is to just keep people entertained with best-selling books and the activist's job to keep on repeating the same thing without a great deal of subtlety and intelligence. I don't think either is the case.” PeopleThinkingMeanBookSeemsJobsRememberDealsCasesSellingActivistRemember WhenSubtletySelling Books Author:Arundhati Roy
“I'm an activist; I have to be angry all the time. That's what we do!” AngryActivist Author:Arundhati Roy
“I'm a human rights activist and it doesn't make any sense not to treat everybody the exact same way. It just doesn't make any sense, it's counter intuitive, it's inhuman and it has to stop.” WayHumansRightsTreatsHuman RightsActivistIntuitiveInhuman Author:Mehcad Brooks
“Corporations that are turning over these huge profits can own everything: the media, the universities, the mines, the weapons industry, insurance hospitals, drug companies, non-governmental organisations. They can buy judges, journalists, politicians, publishing houses, television stations, bookshops and even activists. This kind of monopoly, this cross-ownership of businesses, has to stop.” KindHouseCompanyMediaTelevisionMinesJudgingHugeIndustryPoliticianDrugWeaponsCrossesUniversityProfitJournalistCorporationsStationsHospitalsActivistPublishingOwnershipMonopolyOrganisationBookshopsDrug CompaniesPublishing House Author:Arundhati Roy
“I'm not an activist by nature. I am suspicious of Utopian thinking and equally suspicious of its alternate. I would prefer to stay in the Writing Burrow and play with my imaginary friends and enemies. I get sucked into these things.” ThinkingWritingPlayEnemyActivistImaginarySuspiciousUtopianFriends And EnemiesImaginary Friend Author:Margaret Atwood
“People who have come of age from the '80s on have experienced a form of activism that's very sterile and annoying. It's not that much fun to be an activist. That's partly by design. They are sterile protests and anonymous e-mail activism - not the kind of thing where people fall in love, form friendships for life, and see the change they make right in front of them. I've seen that, when people start to experience doing these things together and the power that it has.” PeopleKindAgeTogetherFormFallFunFrontsDesignFalling In LoveActivismProtestActivistAnnoyingMail80s Author:Naomi Wolf
“An Arab activist can take pride in the Arab heritage of mathematics and science or he can take pride in his religion, and there's pride to be taken in both. But one of them could be exploited much more easily and has been in the context of world conflict. And the other is very difficult to do on the grounds that science and literature and mathematics have been among the uniting factors in the history of the world.” WorldHas BeensLiteratureDifficultTakenPrideConflictMathematicsFactorsActivistHeritageWorld HistoryUnitingMathematics And Science Author:Amartya Sen
“I believe education is the key. As an activist and a child of the developing world, I witnessed education's power to transform lives.” WorldBelieveChildrenI BelieveKeysDevelopingActivist Author:Shakira
“Here in America we have a man [Donald Trump] who is a master of a medium that is all about self-aggrandizement and/or cruelty to others. I have been off Twitter lately because I had this sudden sort of feeling of, this man is the president of this club and it's not a club that I want to be in. Sometimes I feel like, well, perhaps it's not right because as a political activist, this is where politics is happening right now. This is where the conversation is going on, but at the same time, I think there is something corrosive about it.” ThinkingMenWantFeelsWellsHas BeensSelfSometimesFeelingsAmericaPoliticalPresidentMastersTrumpRight NowConversationHappeningsClubsCrueltyMediumsActivist Author:Ben H. Winters