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Activists Quotes

Progressive activists are angry that a Medicare-for-all single-payer approach was totally ignored during the health care debate Picture Quote #1

To earn the support of grass-roots activists, you have to spend real time, looking them in the eyes, answering their questions. Part of it is also you have to have a message that inspires people Picture Quote #1

I call it small government, grass-roots activism: The Tea Party activists are a part of it, FreedomWorks is part of it. FreedomWorks is the longest-standing, most active organization within this movement Picture Quote #1

I think Syria is often covered by phone. You have to talk to activists. You have to try to read the tea leaves. You have to talk to government officials. It’s remote-control reporting in a way Picture Quote #1

Howard Dean is not the first politician to distort facts in his own interests. But many activists in the party he now leads are puzzled over what he thinks he is accomplishing politically. Is it good politics to contend that Iraq was better off under Saddam Hussein than even a flawed Islamic republic Picture Quote #1

Good shareholder activists have incredible interest in the company because they own a lot of it Picture Quote #1

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Citizen activists look in the mirror, see what they’re really good at and then apply their talents to solving social problems. It’s skills-based volunteering Picture Quote #1

I fear that within 10 years gays, trade union activists and left wing politicians will be led off to the gas chambers Picture Quote #1

President Bush met repeatedly with human rights activists and freedom fighters from all over the world to give them encouragement and protection and to advance their cause Picture Quote #1

I argue that legal equality has failed resistance movements aimed at transforming material conditions of violence, and that trans activists should take a decidedly different approach Picture Quote #1

With my family background - my parents were both activists - writing about culture and politics came naturally Picture Quote #1

If there are activists in Cosas and they do poorly academically, then they would be cited as examples as to why others should not be in Cosas Picture Quote #1

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You need companies investing in these countries, so women have employment opportunities, and you also need these forces of conscience. Without the activists, in the United States we would still have child labor, we would still have 16-hour days Picture Quote #1

Too often, the Democratic Party has been split between its grass-roots activists on one side and its elected officials and party leaders on the other. It’s important to remember: We need both wings to fly Picture Quote #1

As in Pakistan, Tunisian and Egyptian human rights activists are concerned that any censorship mechanisms, once put in place, will inevitably be abused for political purposes no matter what censorship proponents claim to the contrary Picture Quote #1

I like all the old-fashioned icons. My friends are artists, so they make me up to look like certain people. I am more inspired by people like Jane Fonda or Brigitte Bardot - people who did something as activists Picture Quote #1

Indeed, while so much in education reform can divide activists into warring camps, expanding learning time unites reformers around a shared vision of bringing excellence and breadth to our nation’s most impoverished and struggling schools Picture Quote #1

Compromise is not popular. It’s not at all popular among young people who these days call themselves activists. They think compromises are dishonest, opportunistic, humiliating. Not in my vocabulary Picture Quote #1

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For most of recorded history, parental violence against children and men’s violence against wives was explicitly or implicitly condoned. Those who had the power to prevent and/or punish this violence through religion, law, or custom, openly or tacitly approved it..... The reason violence against women and children is finally out in the open is that activists have brought it to global attention Picture Quote #1

A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our time will be for the rights of animals Picture Quote #1

Activists measure progress against the standard of perfection, or at least the most perfect possible choice. Historians gauge progress against what came before it Picture Quote #1

A free man must not be told how to think, either by the government or by social activists. He may certainly be shown the right way, but he must not accept being forced into it Picture Quote #1

Indeed, the best practical reason to think that social media can help bring political change is that both dissidents and governments think they can. All over the world, activists believe in the utility of these tools and take steps to use them accordingly. And the governments they contend with think social media tools are powerful, too, and are willing to harass, arrest, exile, or kill users in response Picture Quote #1

The big dividing line is not and has never been between those who advocate more or less militant forms of resistance, or between mainstream and grassroots activists. The dividing line is between those who do something and those who do nothing Picture Quote #1

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The winner in a political contest is determined by the number and the effectiveness of the activists on the respective sides Picture Quote #1

We cannot allow violence from militant activists to dictate where and how democratically elected state leaders hold their meetings Picture Quote #1

Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved? Picture Quote #1

The role of social media is critical because it helps to spread cognitive dissonance by connecting thought leaders and activists to ordinary citizens rapidly expanding the network of people who become willing to take action Picture Quote #1

From these activists we can learn a crucial lesson: without citizens creating the institutions necessary for facilitating the growth of public deliberation, democracy will be a meaningless term. Without political leaders articulating this idea and acting upon it, public life and citizenship will continue to stagnate Picture Quote #1

The big companies are like steel and activists are like heat. Activists soften the steel, and then I can bend it into pretty grillwork and make reforms Picture Quote #1

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Progressive activists are angry that a Medicare-for-all single-payer approach was totally ignored during the health care debate. (Activists Quotes) To earn the support of grass-roots activists, you have to spend real time, looking them in the eyes, answering their questions. Part of it is also you have to have a message that inspires people. (Activists Quotes) I call it small government, grass-roots activism: The Tea Party activists are a part of it, FreedomWorks is part of it. FreedomWorks is the longest-standing, most active organization within this movement. (Activists Quotes) I think Syria is often covered by phone. You have to talk to activists. You have to try to read the tea leaves. You have to talk to government officials. It’s remote-control reporting in a way. (Activists Quotes) Howard Dean is not the first politician to distort facts in his own interests. But many activists in the party he now leads are puzzled over what he thinks he is accomplishing politically. Is it good politics to contend that Iraq was better off under Saddam Hussein than even a flawed Islamic republic. (Activists Quotes) Good shareholder activists have incredible interest in the company because they own a lot of it (Activists Quotes) Citizen activists look in the mirror, see what they’re really good at and then apply their talents to solving social problems. It’s skills-based volunteering. (Activists Quotes) I fear that within 10 years gays, trade union activists and left wing politicians will be led off to the gas chambers. (Activists Quotes) President Bush met repeatedly with human rights activists and freedom fighters from all over the world to give them encouragement and protection and to advance their cause. (Activists Quotes) I argue that legal equality has failed resistance movements aimed at transforming material conditions of violence, and that trans activists should take a decidedly different approach. (Activists Quotes) With my family background - my parents were both activists - writing about culture and politics came naturally. (Activists Quotes) If there are activists in Cosas and they do poorly academically, then they would be cited as examples as to why others should not be in Cosas. (Activists Quotes) You need companies investing in these countries, so women have employment opportunities, and you also need these forces of conscience. Without the activists, in the United States we would still have child labor, we would still have 16-hour days. (Activists Quotes) Too often, the Democratic Party has been split between its grass-roots activists on one side and its elected officials and party leaders on the other. It’s important to remember: We need both wings to fly. (Activists Quotes) As in Pakistan, Tunisian and Egyptian human rights activists are concerned that any censorship mechanisms, once put in place, will inevitably be abused for political purposes no matter what censorship proponents claim to the contrary. (Activists Quotes) I like all the old-fashioned icons. My friends are artists, so they make me up to look like certain people. I am more inspired by people like Jane Fonda or Brigitte Bardot - people who did something as activists (Activists Quotes) Indeed, while so much in education reform can divide activists into warring camps, expanding learning time unites reformers around a shared vision of bringing excellence and breadth to our nation’s most impoverished and struggling schools. (Activists Quotes) Compromise is not popular. It’s not at all popular among young people who these days call themselves activists. They think compromises are dishonest, opportunistic, humiliating. Not in my vocabulary. (Activists Quotes) For most of recorded history, parental violence against children and men’s violence against wives was explicitly or implicitly condoned. Those who had the power to prevent and/or punish this violence through religion, law, or custom, openly or tacitly approved it..... The reason violence against women and children is finally out in the open is that activists have brought it to global attention (Activists Quotes) A growing and increasingly influential movement of philosophers, ethicists, law professors and activists are convinced that the great moral struggle of our time will be for the rights of animals (Activists Quotes) Activists measure progress against the standard of perfection, or at least the most perfect possible choice. Historians gauge progress against what came before it (Activists Quotes) A free man must not be told how to think, either by the government or by social activists. He may certainly be shown the right way, but he must not accept being forced into it (Activists Quotes) Indeed, the best practical reason to think that social media can help bring political change is that both dissidents and governments think they can. All over the world, activists believe in the utility of these tools and take steps to use them accordingly. And the governments they contend with think social media tools are powerful, too, and are willing to harass, arrest, exile, or kill users in response (Activists Quotes) The big dividing line is not and has never been between those who advocate more or less militant forms of resistance, or between mainstream and grassroots activists. The dividing line is between those who do something and those who do nothing (Activists Quotes) The winner in a political contest is determined by the number and the effectiveness of the activists on the respective sides (Activists Quotes) We cannot allow violence from militant activists to dictate where and how democratically elected state leaders hold their meetings (Activists Quotes) Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved? (Activists Quotes) The role of social media is critical because it helps to spread cognitive dissonance by connecting thought leaders and activists to ordinary citizens rapidly expanding the network of people who become willing to take action (Activists Quotes) From these activists we can learn a crucial lesson: without citizens creating the institutions necessary for facilitating the growth of public deliberation, democracy will be a meaningless term. Without political leaders articulating this idea and acting upon it, public life and citizenship will continue to stagnate (Activists Quotes) The big companies are like steel and activists are like heat. Activists soften the steel, and then I can bend it into pretty grillwork and make reforms (Activists Quotes)

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