Quotes with activism

  • My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
  • In insisting, for political purposes, on a sharp division between gay and straight, gay activism, like much of feminism, has become as rigid and repressive as the old order it sought to replace.
  • My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.

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  • Alice Walker Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Bono Actually oddly enough, I think my work, the activism, will be forgotten. And I hope it will. Because I hope those problems will have gone away.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Camille Paglia In insisting, for political purposes, on a sharp division between gay and straight, gay activism, like much of feminism, has become as rigid and repressive as the old order it sought to replace.
    Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Bob Geldof It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something but doing nothing.... We made giving exciting.
    Bob Geldof
    Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist (1951 - )
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  • Blythe Danner Maybe subconsciously I've kept activism separate from acting because it's important to me in a more profound way.
    Blythe Danner
    American actress (1943 - )
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  • Bayard Rustin My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.
    Bayard Rustin
    American activist (1912 - 1987)
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  • Al Sharpton My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
    Al Sharpton
    American civil rights activist, Baptist minister and talk show host (1954 - )
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  • Ben Horowitz Shareholder activism works when activists understand something about the characteristics of the business that the board doesn't.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Bill Hybels Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime.
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Anita Roddick The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental activism. We don't tend to support big agencies.
    Anita Roddick
    British businesswoman and human rights activist (1942 - 2007)
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  • Camille Paglia There is no gay leader anywhere near the stature of Martin Luther King, because black activism drew on the profound spiritual tradition of the church, to which gay political rhetoric is childishly hostile.
    Vamps and Tramps (1994)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Camille Paglia When feminism and gay activism set themselves against organized religion, they have the obligation to put something better in its place.
    Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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