Movements Quotes

Movements Quote of the day

Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.

Storytelling may be what most distinguishes social movements from interest groups.

We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery.

Teenagers have a legitimate voice. We deserve to have a seat at the table and a place in the conversation. We're not exempt from politics and social movements; we're affected by them.

A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.

Music has always pushed ahead social movements and can do much more than just dumb down a populace.

What is true of Mr. Mill's influence on the women's-suffrage question is true also of the other political movements in which he took an active interest.

There are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies. There is no equivalent of Al-Qaeda without the terrorism.

Individuals bearing witness cannot do the work of social movements, but they can break a corrosive and demoralizing silence.

The women's movement is filled with tyrants, just as men's political movements are equally filled.

Angela Davis offers a cartography of engagement in oppositional social movements and unwavering commitment to justice.

Major social movements eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and experience.

Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak.

Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses.

The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.

You can't create a political movement out of pabulum.

All political movements are basically anti-creative - since a political movement is a form of war.

I try to preface everything with "this isn't new." Because most social movements have happened before and I get that. Nothing I'm doing is new.

Yes. My mother was and still is a Folk Singer. She was very involved in the political movements for Unions and Civil rights. She sang with Pete Seeger among others. My father was an Actor.

The two-party system has served America very well. We always have political movements one way or another but the evolution of a lasting third party probably will not happen.

Too often we forget that social and political movements don't happen overnight. They don't bring change immediately - you have to build a critical mass of understanding of the issues.

As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our great social movements.

Political and social history are in my view two aspects of the same process. Social life loses half its interest and political movements lose most of their meaning if they are considered separately.

[Political movements] both favor alcohol and are against pot.

Political movements always belong to the young.

Individual struggles merge into larger social movements.

Certainly there are various trans-Islamic political movements, which try to appeal to Muslims in all societies.

I like to use my own language. Political movements are like living creatures - they develop. Each document expresses the times, the different stages and is part of the natural development.

History is the product of vast, amorphous and indecipherable social movements.

There's a huge wave of anti-establishment feeling. There's an enormous amount of anger. And it's collapsing governments and political movements across the world right now.

Leaders who do not help the people must be replaced by the people.

It is a beautiful thing to be on fire for justice… there is no greater joy than inspiring and empowering others––especially the least of these, the precious and priceless wretched of the earth!

Violence only attacks the body, but it is non-violence that has the power to influence the soul and reshape it towards a peaceful future.

Falling from the sky like the rain, And I fly and sing like the little birds..., Movements that are not in vain, Everything has a life made of words.

Women united can create movements. We can empower entire generations. We can build peace one action at a time. Together we rise. The time is now.

Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.

Becoming a part of a movement doesn't help anybody think clearly.

We've got to escape from narrowness. We're a movement, not a conspiracy. We've got to radiate contacts, and have as many people aware of us as possible. That's living, modern common sense.

The artist realizes himself in his work

Pick a mentor. The role of a mentor is to monitor your movements. When you desire to move the positive way and you connect with someone who thinks the negative way, you can’t get there!

Our situation is intolerable, but what's worseis to sit here and do nothing.

Dr. Paul Ekman is a great guy... studying micro-expressions... gestures... and many other facial expression... body movements....

There's no point in knowing without enlightenment, yet edified insights arouse movement.

Life is all about progress and movements, keep it moving.

I'm a movement by myself, but I'm a force when we're together.

Monsters always make more trouble before they die.