Quotes by Activist | Beyond Motive 12/53

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Quotes by Activist

"Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts."

"Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts."

Margaret Sanger, American Activist

Business, Facts

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"The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defence. Through this we can build, we must build, a defence against repetition."

"The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defence. Through this we can build, we must build, a defence against repetition."

Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Activist

History, Information, Man, Repetition

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"Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment."

"Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment."

Wendell Phillips, American Activist

Knowledge, Grace

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"The natural capital is not income, but we spend our natural capital as if it were revenue, as if it were going to come back next year without any problems, whereas these renewals in nature can take hundreds of years."

"The natural capital is not income, but we spend our natural capital as if it were revenue, as if it were going to come back next year without any problems, whereas these renewals in nature can take hundreds of years."

Susan George, American Activist

Nature, Income, Problems, Years

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"They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time."

"They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time."

Dorothy Day, American Activist

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"I will tell the truth wherever I please."

"I will tell the truth wherever I please."

Mary Harris Jones, American Activist

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"Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make a small fortune in agriculture. Problem is, you got to start with a large one."

"Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make a small fortune in agriculture. Problem is, you got to start with a large one."

Jim Hightower, American Activist

Agriculture, Day, Fortune

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"I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it."

"I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it."

Victoria Woodhull, American Activist

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"Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change."

"Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change."

Malcolm X, American Activist

Psychology, Sadness, Anger, Change, Action

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"Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential."

"Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential."

Peace Pilgrim, American Activist

Humanity, Potential

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"A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live."

"A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live."

Jesse Jackson, American Activist

Charity, Credit, Value, Will

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"Little girls and boys, barefooted, walked up and down between the endless rows of spindles, reaching thin little hands into the machinery to repair snapped threads."

"Little girls and boys, barefooted, walked up and down between the endless rows of spindles, reaching thin little hands into the machinery to repair snapped threads."

Mary Harris Jones, American Activist

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"Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part!"

"Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part!"

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

Aging, Life, Perspective, Joy

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"The current stage does not allow the entrance of everyone into a military conflict, however everyone must be ready for the day in which it might take place, as the Zionist enemy is planning to attack our people and to control our land once again."

"The current stage does not allow the entrance of everyone into a military conflict, however everyone must be ready for the day in which it might take place, as the Zionist enemy is planning to attack our people and to control our land once again."

Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian Activist

People, Control, Conflict, Day

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"The hardest work in the world is being out of work."

"The hardest work in the world is being out of work."

Whitney M. Young, American Activist

Work, Being, World

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"By now, they rank people by income level or wages roughly the same: The bottom seventy per cent or so are virtually disenfranchised; they have almost no influence on policy, and as you move up the scale you get more influence. At the very top, you basically run the show."

"By now, they rank people by income level or wages roughly the same: The bottom seventy per cent or so are virtually disenfranchised; they have almost no influence on policy, and as you move up the scale you get more influence. At the very top, you basically run the show."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

Politics, Income, Influence, Policy, Power

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"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures."

"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures."

Cesar Chavez, American Activist

Tolerance, Contempt, Culture

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"We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things."

"We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things."

Kathy Acker, American Activist

Understanding, Right

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"I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon."

"I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon."

Ida B. Wells, American Activist

Home, Children, Cooking, Country

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"Your children need your presence more than your presents."

"Your children need your presence more than your presents."

Jesse Jackson, American Activist

Family, Children

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"I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results."

"I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results."

Florence Nightingale, English Activist

Emotional, Feelings, Actions, Results, Waste

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"King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience."

"King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

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"I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish?"

"I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish?"

Jack Kevorkian, American Activist

People, Right, Sound

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"Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both."

"Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

Sexuality, Class, Racism, Sexism

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"Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time."

"Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time."

Marian Wright Edelman, American Activist

Time, Life, Purpose, Being

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"It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really committed to winning and become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom."

"It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really committed to winning and become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom."

Robin Morgan, American Activist

People, Winning, Cause, Fight

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"The power to define the situation is the ultimate power."

"The power to define the situation is the ultimate power."

Jerry Rubin, American Activist

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"Therefore coercion of the non-invasive, when justifiable at all, is to be justified on the ground that it secures, not a minimum of ' invasion, but a minimum of pain."

"Therefore coercion of the non-invasive, when justifiable at all, is to be justified on the ground that it secures, not a minimum of ' invasion, but a minimum of pain."

Benjamin Tucker, American Activist

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"It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing."

"It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

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"I would be copping out if I stayed in the myth of the '60s."

"I would be copping out if I stayed in the myth of the '60s."

Jerry Rubin, American Activist

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"The problem with fame is that you get frozen in one frame and nothing you can do can alter the nature."

"The problem with fame is that you get frozen in one frame and nothing you can do can alter the nature."

Jerry Rubin, American Activist

Nature, Fame, Nothing

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"He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief."

"He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

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"Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains."

"Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains."

Wendell Phillips, American Activist

American, Agitation

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"It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working."

"It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working."

Rosa Parks, American Activist

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"Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico."

"Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico."

David Wilmot, American Activist

Slavery, Congress, Future

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"We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift."

"We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift."

Rose Schneiderman, Polish Activist

Family, Brothers, Charity, Mothers, Now

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"Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else."

"Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else."

Julian Bond, American Activist

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"He believed that lack of education was the root of all of Pakistan's problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected."

"He believed that lack of education was the root of all of Pakistan's problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected."

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Activist

Education, Problem, Ignorance, Politics

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"The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land."

"The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land."

Emma Goldman, Lithuanian Activist

Vision, Land, World

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"We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem."

"We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem."

Marian Wright Edelman, American Activist

Money, Values, America, Priorities

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"Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo."

"Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

God, Being, Man, State

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"I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has."

"I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

Change, Legal, Thought, Profession

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"There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites."

"There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites."

Stokely Carmichael, American Activist

Civil rights, Civilrights, Liberal, Voice

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"I've lived in Los Angeles for at least 24 years."

"I've lived in Los Angeles for at least 24 years."

Jack Herer, American Activist

Nationality, Years

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"In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it."

"In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it."

A. Philip Randolph, American Activist

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"It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics."

"It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics."

Susan George, American Activist

Politics, People, Now

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"You don't have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman."

"You don't have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman."

Eldridge Cleaver, American Activist

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"It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs."

"It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs."

Jim Hightower, American Activist

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"The more that social democracy develops, grows, and becomes stronger, the more the enlightened masses of workers will take their own destinies, the leadership of their movement, and the determination of its direction into their own hands."

"The more that social democracy develops, grows, and becomes stronger, the more the enlightened masses of workers will take their own destinies, the leadership of their movement, and the determination of its direction into their own hands."

Rosa Luxemburg, Polish Activist

Leadership, Determination, Democracy, Direction

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"The unfortunate thing is, for the contents of the building I could not get any insurance anywhere in Canada."

"The unfortunate thing is, for the contents of the building I could not get any insurance anywhere in Canada."

Ernst Zundel, German Activist

Building, Canada

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