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My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness weren’t created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Gloria Steinem, whose political activism, as even the Lifetime profile admitted, did not begin until 1969  (Political Activism Quotes) What is music in America? It’s this stand-in for political action in a lot of senses. We have no democracy and we have no art culture, and we’ve long considered politics nebbish-y and hopelessly unsexy. So a lot of what would be considered political activism is channeled into cultural work  (Political Activism Quotes) I’ve embraced rock ‘n’ roll because it encompasses all the things I’m interested in: poetry, revolution, sexuality, political activism - all of these things can be found in rock ‘n’ roll. But I am also engaged in all of these things separately  (Political Activism Quotes) No sane human being devotes 100% of his or her life to political activism  (Political Activism Quotes) Whenever anybody gets involved in politics, its always exciting for me because we take for granted our freedoms and our abilities to effect change through political activism.  (Political Activism Quotes) Take your hurt feelings and channel them into political activism  (Political Activism Quotes) Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia  (Political Activism Quotes) That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes  (Political Activism Quotes) The most important assets we have are our bodies and our energy which can be put to good use as resources in political activism for poor and working people  (Political Activism Quotes) To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and the desire for a world that’s less divisive. Even if songs aren’t overtly political, they can make a listener more empathetic  (Political Activism Quotes) Political activism is seductive because it seems to offer the possibility that one can improve society, make things better, without going through the personal ordeal of rearranging one’s perceptions and transforming one’s self  (Political Activism Quotes)