700 Quotes About Activism

The revolutionary is the revolution.

I don’t imagine that we can alter anything in our own lifetime. But one can imagine little knots of resistance springing up here and there—small groups of people banding themselves together, and gradually growing, and even leaving a few records behind, so that the next generations can carry on where we leave off.

When one Naskar dies, a thousand Naskars will rise.

I am not here to calm your nerves, I am here to set your veins on fire.

Dare to be a radical, but make sure it's for the right reason, for it takes very little for a reformer to turn into a terrorist.

Leymah's friend who came back to cry with her sisters, and all the women who ever accepted their pain without passing it on were not just sharing their grief but finding their voice because their voice was buried underneath their grief. If we can face our pain, we can find our voice, and it is so much easier to face our pain and find our voice together.

The point of the exercise [torture] was getting prisoners to do irreparable damage to that part of themselves that believed in helping others above all else, that part of themselves that made them activists, replacing it with shame and humiliation.

An illogical yet humane step towards an impossible future is a thousand times better than a logical yet inhuman step towards a possible future.

Sonnet of Social JusticeGet ready to fight,Not with hate but accountability.Get ready to fight,Not with vengeance but humanity.Get ready to speak,Not as a cynic but as a sapiens.Get ready to speak,Crossing all egotistical grievance.Get ready to stand,Trampling all petty separation.Get ready to stand,Not in rebellion but in inclusion.When it is too dark around,Look inside for you're the light all round.