For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.
B.R. AmbedkarTags: activism justice revolution sociology
If my activism, however well-motivated, drives out love, then I have misunderstood Jesus’ gospel. I am stuck with law, not the gospel of grace.
Philip YanceyTags: activism
What a nation needs more than anything else is not a Christian ruler in the palace but a Christian prophet within earshot.
Philip YanceyTags: activism
Violence never really deals with the basic evil of the situation. Violence may murder the murderer, but it doesn’t murder murder. Violence may murder the liar, but it doesn’t murder lie; it doesn’t establish truth. Violence may even murder the dishonest man, but it doesn’t murder dishonesty. Violence may go to the point of murdering the hater, but it doesn’t murder hate. It may increase hate. It is always a descending spiral leading nowhere. This is the ultimate weakness of violence: It multiplies evil and violence in the universe. It doesn’t solve any problems.
Martin Luther King Jr.Tags: activism violence civil-rights-movement reform martin-luther-king-jr equal-rights
Action comes from keeping the heat on. No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough.
Saul D. AlinskyStrength of character comes from being hit by stray verbal stones, while protecting discarded ciphers in the snow.
Shannon L. AlderTags: activism integrity character activist homeless
Each of us lives with a sword over his head.
There are those who can ignore its shadow and those who cannot. Those who cannot are not necessarily better than those who can. But they are the creators of the special myth of their time, because any myth is the creation of the very few who cannot bear reality.
Tags: ethics activism myth revolution american-history activism-inspiration
And to those who would choose the safety of inaction over the danger of taking a stand, I have this to say:
You bloody cowards. May you have the world that you deserve.
Tags: activism zombies taking-risks taking-a-stand
The enormity of problems like hunger and social injustice can certainly motivate us to act. We can be convinced logically of the need for intervention and change. But it is the story of one individual that ultimately makes the difference—by offering
living proof.
Tags: activism story storytelling advocacy activism-inspiration personal-story
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.
Martin Luther King Jr.Tags: activism protest civil-rights nonviolence african-americans blacks
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