Famous quotes by Activists

Small: Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms
"Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms"
Wendell Phillips, Activist
Small: If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause
"If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause"
Wendell Phillips, Activist
Small: The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness
"The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness"
Julia Ward Howe, Activist
Small: The moment that justice must be paid for by the victim of injustice it becomes itself injustice
"The moment that justice must be paid for by the victim of injustice it becomes itself injustice"
Benjamin Tucker, Activist
Small: Freedom is never given it is won
"Freedom is never given; it is won"
A. Philip Randolph, Activist
Small: Physical bravery is an animal instinct moral bravery is much higher and truer courage
"Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage"
Wendell Phillips, Activist
Small: The appeal to the white mans pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscie
Ida B. Wells
"The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience"
Ida B. Wells, Activist
Small: He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter
"He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter"
Jose Marti, Activist
Small: Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has bee
Ida B. Wells
"Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter"
Ida B. Wells, Activist
Small: Marx, as we have seen, solved it by declaring capital to be a different thing from product, and maintaining th
"Marx, as we have seen, solved it by declaring capital to be a different thing from product, and maintaining that it belonged to society and should be seized by society and employed for the benefit of all alike"
Benjamin Tucker, Activist
Small: Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains
Simon Wiesenthal
"Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them"
Simon Wiesenthal, Activist
Small: Almost the only persons who may be said to comprehend even approximately the significance, principles, and pur
"Almost the only persons who may be said to comprehend even approximately the significance, principles, and purposes of Socialism are the chief leaders of the extreme wings of the Socialistic forces, and perhaps a few of the money kings themselves"
Benjamin Tucker, Activist
Small: I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that w
"I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past"
Julia Ward Howe, Activist
Small: The mass of the people commence life with no other capital than the union of head, hearts and hands. To the be
"The mass of the people commence life with no other capital than the union of head, hearts and hands. To the benefit of this best of capital the wife has no right"
Ernestine Rose, Activist
Small: I take refuge in my books
"I take refuge in my books"
Julia Ward Howe, Activist
Small: Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real i
"Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation"
Jane Addams, Activist
Small: Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics
"Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics"
Jane Addams, Activist
Small: I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia
"I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia"
Julian Bond, Activist
Small: We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there wont be a worl
"We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won't be a world - at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others"
Noam Chomsky, Activist
Small: The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number
"The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number"
Abu Bakar Bashir, Activist
Small: All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves
"All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves"
Emma Goldman, Activist
Small: History has proven that the PLO and its sectors suffered great damage when walking the way of harming Zionist
"History has proven that the PLO and its sectors suffered great damage when walking the way of harming Zionist interests in other countries around the world"
Ahmed Yassin, Activist
Small: Our priorities require that all children of Palestine, men and women, be ready for conflict, both from the sta
"Our priorities require that all children of Palestine, men and women, be ready for conflict, both from the standpoint of training and from the standpoint of armament"
Ahmed Yassin, Activist
Small: All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make peop
"All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume"
Noam Chomsky, Activist
Small: I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country
"I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country"
John Burns, Activist
Small: As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didnt have skills just got left behind, got shuttled
"As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas"
Julian Bond, Activist
Small: Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand
"Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand"
John Burns, Activist
Small: The Jews dont like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, thats a good name. Hitler was a very great man
"The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man"
Louis Farrakhan, Activist
Small: America will always side with those whom she can direct, give orders to and have those orders obeyed
"America will always side with those whom she can direct, give orders to and have those orders obeyed"
Louis Farrakhan, Activist
Small: Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world,
"Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone"
Abu Bakar Bashir, Activist