“When you sign on to be an activist in northwest Montana, people in the grocery store will avoid eye contact, particularly if they're hanging out with outspoken opponents to your views.” PeopleIfsEyeViewsStoresContactOpponentsHanging OutActivistGroceriesMontanaGrocery StoresOutspokenEye Contact Author:Rick Bass
“Democratic politicians, liberal activists and liberal news outlets routinely deploy incendiary rhetoric and wicked accusations to marginalize Republicans.” PoliticianRepublicanNewsDemocraticWickedActivistRhetoricOutletsAccusation Author:Gary Bauer
“While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges and officials at the local levels have struck down State laws protecting marriage.” StatesLawLeftLevelsJudgingWingsDefinitionsCurrentsLocalsPreservesOfficialsActivistAmendmentsLeft WingStatutesConstitutional Amendments Author:John Boehner
“You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.” KnowsUsedCommunityFrontsOfficeStandingOfficialsActivistStanding OutElected Officials Author:Karen Bass
“I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.” Has BeensDreamCommunityOfficeActivistLifelongPublic Office Author:Karen Bass
“John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement at Chapel Hill, where I went to university.” FirstsWarPoliticalVisionRightsMovementUniversityCivil RightsHillsBrownActivistAnti War1960sCivil Rights MovementChapelCivil Right MovementAnti War MovementJohn BrownChapel Hill Author:Russell Banks
“I was an activist long before I even entertained the possibility of being an actor.” LongActorsPossibilityActivist Author:William Baldwin
“I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information and technology, to purchase and use recreational drugs, to enjoy and purchase so-called 'vices', to be free of intruders, and to privacy.” HumansUsePoliticalEnjoyTechnologyRightsInformationDrugSpeechHuman RightsVicesFavorsPrivacyAgendasActivistFree SpeechTechnologicalPolitical AgendasIntrudersBasic Human RightsRecreational Drugs Author:Bram Cohen
“Two presidents pursued human rights policies that were serious and effective, Reagan and George W. Bush. They understood that American support for human rights activists is a moral imperative for us and also makes the world safer for us.” WorldHumansTwoPresidentMoralSupportRightsPolicySeriousUnderstoodHuman RightsActivistImperativesPursued Author:Elliott Abrams
“I'm always the one with the activist friends. I've been an activist very little.” LittlesActivist Author:Peter Carey
“Mark Ruffalo, aka the Incredible Hulk, is the natural gas industry's worst nightmare: a serious, committed activist who is determined to use his star power as a superhero in the hottest movie of the moment to draw attention the environmental and public health risks of fracking.” MomentsUseStarsNaturalAttentionRiskWorstSeriousIndustryDrawsMarkEnvironmentalIncrediblesCommittedDeterminedGasNightmareActivistSuperheroPublic HealthHottestNatural GasFrackingWorst NightmaresAkaIncredible Hulk Author:Jeff Goodell
“It's pretty rare to have CEOs or high level executives at big companies who are social activists. They tend not to be drawn to those areas of life.” BigsSocialLevelsCompanyAreasExecutivesActivistCeoHigh LevelBig Companies Author:Jerry Greenfield
“I believe that the far-right and the far-left can be equally insane - but there's no question that in the first years of the Obama administration, the far-right has been far crazier. In part, this comes from parties being out of power - without the responsibility of governing to ground them, the activists and the ideologues take over.” YearsFirstsBelieveHas BeensLeftI BelievePartyResponsibilityInsaneAdministrationActivistGoverningIdeologues Author:John Avlon
“The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 changed my life completely, turning me into an activist. From the air, you see things you can't see from the ground - you really understand the impact of man, even in a place you know well. My work is meant to convince people we can no longer live like this.” PeopleKnowsMenWellsEarthAirChangedImpactConvinceActivistSummitChanged My LifeRio Author:Yann Arthus-Bertrand
“I think there's a green side to John Kerry, if you like, that he's an environmental activist. His record on the environment is as best as you have on a pro-environment record of anybody in the U.S. Senate.” IfsThinkingSidesRecordsEnvironmentGreenEnvironmentalActivistSenateJohn Kerry Author:Douglas Brinkley
“When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group.” HumansGovernmentActionRightsGroupsHuman RightsAdministrationIranCriticizeActivistCampsFunny Things Author:Shirin Ebadi