"Let us pick up our books and our pens," I said. "They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world."

Activism, Education, Power, Change, Action

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"Let us pick up our books and our pens," I said. "They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world."

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"It partook ... of eternity ... there is a coherence in things, a stability; something, she meant, is immune from change, and shines out (she glanced at the window with its ripple of reflected lights) in the face of the flowing, the fleeting, the spectral, like a ruby; so that again tonight she had the feeling she had had once today, already, of peace, of rest. Of such moments, she thought, the thing is made that endures."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

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

DaShanne Stokes, American Author

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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

"All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail. Pick a cause " there are few unworthy ones. And nudge yourself past the brink of tacit support to action. Once a month, once a year, or just once...Even just learning enough about a subject so you can speak against an opponent eloquently makes you an unusual personage. Start with that. Any one of you would have cried out, would have intervened, had you been in that crowd in Bashiqa. Well thanks to digital technology, you're all in it now."

Joss Whedon, American Writer

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"If you want to change your nation, you have to start a conversation."

Alin Sav, Romanian Author

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"Revolution starts in the mind. Question Everything!"

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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"We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

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"The term 'politics of prefiguration' has long been used to describe the idea that if you embody what you aspire to, you have already succeeded. That is to say, if your activism is already democratic, peaceful, creative, then in one small corner of the world these things have triumphed. Activism, in this model, is not only a toolbox to change things but a home in which to take up residence and live according to your beliefs, even if it's a temporary and local place..."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

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"Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - is innately disruptive of 'business as usual.' That is why it is effective."

Naomi Wolf, American Author

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"Some parents do not send their children to school because they don't know its importance at all."

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"If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home."

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"I am convinced Socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry and exploitation."

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"I believe the gun has no power at all."

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"In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It's their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond."

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"No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men. There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women."

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"I say I am stronger than fear."

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"We should all consider each other as human beings, and we should respect each other."

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"I raise my voice not so that i can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard."

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"If you don't focus on the future generation, it means you are destroying your country."

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