Quotes about Activism

I have repeatedly stated that satyagraha never fails and that one perfect satyagrahi is enough to vindicate Truth.

[Martin Luther King, Jr.] gave the 'I have a dream' speech, not the 'I have a plan' speech.

My father was a deeply committed humanitarian. He was a fighter for social justice. He was spirited in the deepest sense.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.

I grew up hearing stories about my grandmother - my mother's mother - who used to go to villages in India in her little VW bug. My grandmother would take a bullhorn and make sure women in these villages knew how to access birth control.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. And I am not free as long as one person of Color remains chained.

For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ears of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "Wait" has almost always meant "Never."

We must treat arrest as the normal condition of the life of a non-co-operator.

Riots are the voices of the unheard.

I think dad would be very proud of young people standing up to promote truth, justice and equality.

If my activism, however well-motivated, drives out love, then I have misunderstood Jesus' gospel. I am stuck with law, not the gospel of grace.