No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
Barbara EhrenreichTag: activism patriotism dissent protest truth-telling
To spend one's life being angry, and in the process doing nothing to change it, is to me ridiculous. I could be mad all day long, but if I'm not doing a damn thing, what difference does it make?
Charles FullerIf you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!
Sarah DessenTag: activism determination self-improvement initiative
Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
Frederick DouglassTag: power activism dissent rights radicalism agitation liberties
A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
Barack ObamaTag: politics activism commitment
The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.
Kurt CobainTag: inspirational activism dissent protest truth-telling
Every day I get better at knowing that it is not a choice to be an activist; rather, it is the only way to hold on to the better parts of my human self. It is the only way I can live and laugh without guilt.
Staceyann ChinTag: activism
An educator should consider that he has failed in his job if he has not succeeded in instilling some trace of a divine dissatisfaction with our miserable social environment.
Anthony StandenTag: education activism conscience awareness social-justice conciousness social-conscience
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
AristotleTag: activism patriotism virtue good value civil-disobedience
If you want government to intervene domestically, you’re a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you’re a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you’re a moderate. If you don’t want government to intervene anywhere, you’re an extremist.
Joseph SobranTag: politics activism liberal government conservative intervention extremist moderate
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