"Don't be a witness. Be an activist."

Activism, Action, Change, Responsibility, Engagement

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"If you don't act now, the day is not far, that this beautiful planet of yours, which you call home, shall be turned into a dry barren wasteland by the blood-sucking fundamentalists."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Activism, Truth, Future, Wisdom, Power

"As a human rights activist it is concerning to me that those committing atrocities against vulnerable people view these atrocities as 'progress', and assert with pride and conviction that they are 'Christians' and that they are doing 'God's will'."

Christina Engela, South African Author

Activism, Faith, Rights, Irony

"Speak up, stand up, and keep correcting the false perceptions. Stay true to your heart's views and keep chanting for peace and justice."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Activism, Courage, Truth, Justice, Peace

"Denying the facts is what enables people to hate and to persecute marginalized and threatened minority groups. Labeling the advocacy, educational and informational initiatives of these persecuted minority groups dismissively as 'propaganda for the gay agenda' undermines, belittles and trivializes the cause of those whose right to exist is under threat."

Christina Engela, South African Author

Activism, Truth, Hate, Justice, Minority

"Our freedoms are vanishing. If you do not get active to take a stand now against all that is wrong while we still can, then maybe one of your children may elect to do so in the future, when it will be far more riskier - and much, much harder."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Activism, Freedom, Responsibility, Future

"We must stop this unimaginable atrocity before it becomes a reality."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Activism, Urgency, Action, Justice, Prevention

"Let us not still our anger against indifference and inattention and let us not glitziness, superciliousness and mumbo jumbo slither into our thinking and our actions, if we don't want our conscience to be backfired on. ['Twilight of desire']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Activism, Anger, Indifference, Conscience, Action

"Make noise for justice.Make noise for inclusion.Make noise for empathy.Make noise for our planet.Make noise for civil rights.Make noise for women's rights.Make noise for compassion.Make noise for LOVE."

Scott Stabile, American Author

Activism, Justice, Inclusion, Empathy, Compassion

"If you give up every time you don't achieve the immediate gain you want, you're just guaranteeing that the worst is going to happen... You can't expect an easy victory after one protest march."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

Activism, Victory, Protest, March, Struggle

"The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and cooperation and develop your own health system and library and have open space for democratic discussion and participation. Communities like that are really important."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

Activism, Community, Democracy, Self-Reliance

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"You can flip a coin to change its face, but it remains the same coin."

Identity

"Freedom means equality. If you don't believe in equality for all, you don't believe in freedom."

Justice

"We must tell the world that even though we elected a bigot, bigotry will not prevail."

Social

"Privilege is when your voice is the norm but still you claim to be unheard."

Society

"If you defend free speech for bigots but not to combat bigotry, then you believe in bigotry, not free speech."

Liberty

"A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence."

Politics

"Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others."

Social

"People turned against each other cannot turn against those responsible."

Ethics

"Whites saying 'make America white again' is like millionaires saying 'make the wealthy rich again."

Racism

"A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws."

Accountability