top of page
Quotes by Activist

"Where are the Muslim people's sponsors? Where are its kings? Where are its leaders? The Muslim people is calling upon you, Jerusalem is appealing to you, will anyone answer?"

"Woman, essentially a purist, is naturally bigoted and relentless in her effort to make others as good as she thinks they ought to be."

"Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality."

"There is no such thing as security. There never has been."

"We chose this road, and will end with martyrdom or victory."

"But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour."

"It is an exaggeration to call the Hamas and Islamic Jihad announcement a military alliance. It is rather a message that our people are united in the face of Israeli aggression."

"We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers."
Law,

"The best protection any woman can have... is courage."

"No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action."

"As far as the sovereignty of Bosnia-Hercegovina is concerned we agreed to have limited sovereignty for a limited time and that is clear from the Dayton Agreement."

"If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal."

"No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time."

"Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself."

"There are house demolitions and destruction all over the West Bank and Gaza. Just yesterday in Gaza they demolished three towers under the pretext that they were built close to a settlement."

"Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world."

"Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more."

"Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its way persistently, until the entire fabric is doomed."

"A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp."

"Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life."

"You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose."

"Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day."

"Radical simply means "grasping things at the root.""

"Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history."

"He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter."

"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."

"If we are to better the future we must disturb the present."

"It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality."

"The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations."

"Why should we use the Dollar even when we trade among ourselves?"
bottom of page
