700 Quotes About Activism

[The ruling class] sees people in the working class as being almost animals. It sees itself as being synonymous with civilization and its cultivation as coming from its natural abilities and not from its wealth and privileged opportunities. It doesn't see that the way in which it monopolizes these things distorts the culture it derives from them and that this makes its culture irrational and an enemy of civilization.

To retain our dignity, we must sometimes refuse to live life at any cost

We Lesbian Avengers have built this shrine. It stands for our fear. It stands for our grief. It stands for our rage. And it enshrines our intention to live fully and completely as who we are, wherever we are. We take the fire of action into our hearts. And we take it into our bodies. And we stand, here and now, to make it known that we are here, and here we will stay. Our fear does not consume us. Their fire will not consume us. We take that fire, and we make it our own.

A true democracy is conducted in the open, and open government is the enemy of all bad government.

Those who seek greater justice in our world need to work toward a deeper understanding of oppressions. Activists need to develop the kind of understanding that will lead to a lifestyle—a way of being—that works against all oppressions.

When it comes to conserving wildlife and the environment, It's more important to be outspoken, than unspoken

Never be embarrassed by how much you care about animals and how they're treated.

When a young person dies before their body and cells have decided to succumb, the universe makes a sound much like ripe fruit being run over by a train.

Our democracy is threatened whenever we take it for granted.