Direct Action Quotes
Direct Action Quote of the day
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.
Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens.
Marches work, rallies work, civil disobedience works, direct action works, voting works, writing letters works, speaking to churches and schools works, rioting works.
Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free.
If not for the direct action of a John Brown and his comrades, America would still trade in the flesh of the black man.
It is our experience that the nation doesn't move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until it is confronted massively, dramatically in terms of direct action.
I made a conscious choice to turn down some movies that were action-based, so that I could direct Road to Paloma and show that side.
I believe it's time for direct action on climate change, standing together as ordinary Australians to take control of our shared future.
In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action.
For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never."
Our internal life and external actions are steered by biological coctails to which we have neither immediate access nor direct acquaintance.
When the democratic deficit is so enormous, people are left with very little option but to take peaceful, non-violent direct action.
For some of the large indignities of life, the best remedy is direct action. For the small indignities, the best remedy is a Charlie Chaplin movie. The hard part is knowing the difference.
Every man has obligations which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond obligations, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions.
The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.
Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.
If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.
Carl Rinsch has a good balance between the visual and the drama and action, so I thought if he's going to direct, we can make a new, epic film. My fear was gone when I met him.
Anarchism...stands for direct action, the open defiance of, and resistance to, all laws and restrictions, economic, social, and moral.
If the government or the parties won't address our needs, we will. It's about direct action, even civil disobedience.
We are a representative democracy. But how did we get there? We got there through direct action. And that's enshrined in our Constitution and in our values.
We had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of laying our case before the conscience of the local and national community.
Education without direction is a one-sided social value. Direct action without education is a meaningless expression of pure energy.
I called the hotel operator and she said, "How can I direct your call?" I said, "Well, you could say 'Action!', and I'll begin to dial. And when I say 'Goodbye', then you can yell 'Cut!'"
