Quotes about activism
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I've been involved in social activism my entire life, and I would argue that many people involved in social activist movements have done very little work on themselves. Eve Ensler
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One of the most unfortunate side effects of the urban activism of the '60s and '70s is the belief that development is wrong and that fighting it makes you an environmentalist. Alex Steffen
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Rather than empowering all, consumer and shareholder activism gives greatest voice to those with the most money in their pockets, those who can switch from seller to seller with relative ease. Consumer and shareholder activism is a form of protest that favours the middle classes, an outpouring of the dissatisfaction of the bourgeoisie.
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Shareholder activism works when activists understand something about the characteristics of the business that the board doesn't. Ben Horowitz
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We are at a unique threshold in human history, where the crisis we face in Africa is matched only by our degree of hope that we can and will be a force for positive change, ... I'm hopeful that increased awareness of the issues in Africa will bring about a new wave of progress and activism among young people everywhere. Angelina Jolie
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When you stop and look at so much of the kind of activism that has been triggered, the Tea Party and the like, as a result of Obama's efforts - TARP, the stimulus package, and now the health care reform - there is a lot of sense this government is changing. Juan Williams
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What we're really trying to do is build student activism and get students passionate about their community through arts and music, and other forms of outreach.
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We want to promote activism through different mediums.
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The hunger strike at UCLA led to hundreds of students actually studying the farm worker experience and Chicanos in the context of Latin America, whereas they would have been on the outside raising fists and banners. So I count that as activism inside the classroom.
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the hallmark agenda of the judicial activism of the Rehnquist Court. Arlen Specter
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We Americans are interested only in the consumption of our products. We have no interest in how they are produced, or what happens to them once we discard them, once we throw them away. Matthew Tobin Anderson
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You want to know what judicial activism is? Judicial activism is judges imposing their policy preferences on the words of the Constitution. Ted Cruz
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One example of 21st century activism we are engaging in is All Out, a first-of-its-kind global movement to advance the interests and rights of LGBT people. All Out is bringing together people of all identities to build a world in which everyone can live freely and be embraced for who they are.
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I discovered that wearing the veil is not suitable for a woman who wants to work in activism and the public domain. People need to see you, to associate and relate to you. It is not stated in my religion to wear the veil; it is a traditional practice, so I took it off. Tawakkol Karman
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My activism was, and is, unknown, unannounced, but somehow effective. Eric Burdon
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Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that. Matt Bomer
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In the age of activism that is clearly not going away, it would seem that some form of engagement from directors with shareholders - rather than directors simply taking their cues from management - would go a long way toward helping boards work on behalf of all shareholders rather just the most vocal. Andrew Ross Sorkin
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Activism could be defined as activities engaged in by individuals to change there of others situation.
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I am concerned about the Supreme Court's judicial activism which has usurped congressional authority, Arlen Specter
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I am seeking simply to legitimize judicial activism when I say that the repeated attempts to foreclose the courts' consideration of matter which they have historically considered are ill-advised and dangerous to our way of life.
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One thing that makes me very happy is to see the growing activism among chefs in America. Chefs like Tom Colicchio, Bill Telepan, and Rachel Ray and food writers like Michael Pollan have gone to Congress, indeed sometimes even have testified before Congress, have lent this support to Mrs. Obama's effort to combat childhood obesity.
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Given the rise in activism in the last few years, especially last year, we may not be able to render a verdict for a while. But it seems like it has been hit or miss. Chris Young
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Global warming is real, it's happening now and President Bush has the legal authority to regulate the pollution that's causing it. He just doesn't want to. The Supreme Court must overturn the lower courts judicial activism and give this case a proper hearing.
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If the intention was to impede my safety activism they have probably succeeded. They have clipped my wings. Mary Schiavo
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There are many buses ahead of us yet. As we continue to confront inequality and segregation in our country, we still have the stellar example of Rosa Parks' gracious activism to guide and inspire us.
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I've done the activism thing for a long time now, and this is a much better opportunity for me to get my message across, make an impact. Being a part of the media, you get a chance to be part of shaping a dialogue, creating a dialogue. You have much more of an opportunity to create change. Keith Boykin
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It's a good thing. I view shareholder activism that's designed to increase shareholder value long term as positive.
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I told my class the other day I have no idea what judicial activism is, ... Maybe the best definition of a judicial activist is a judge you don't like.
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Where is the Palestinian Gandhi? Julia Bacha
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My policing was nothing but activism - it had to be. Kiran Bedi
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We won't get fooled again! Pete Townshend
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As a young man in South Africa at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gandhi developed satyagraha, a mode of political activism based upon moral persuasion, while mobilizing South Africa's small Indian minority against racial discrimination. Pankaj Mishra
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Activism is my rent for living on this planet. Alice Walker