Ruth Asawa Quotes

You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.

Activism has been very productive in our society.

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.

Activism could be defined as activities engaged in by individuals to change there of others situation.

I think voting is the lowest form of political action that you can do. A lot of times, it keeps people from doing stronger things.

I am not naive enough to believe that voting is the only way to bring about transformational change, just as I know that protest alone is not the sole solution to the challenges we face.

Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me.

Activists set the agenda for the practitioners.

People have to carry on with their lives, so only so much direct action can take place. Anti-nuclear activism may look dormant from appearances, but it’s there, like magma. It’s still brewing, and the next trigger might be another big protest or political change,

If you want change, and you want things to get better across the country, there's different ways to go about it.

You don't need role models to be part of a social movement as long as you care about the issues.

People are not going to change because an activist goes around shouting.

The folks that are suggesting Occupy move to electoral politics are ignoring history, ignoring what actually creates change. People get involved in electoral politics because they think there is no movement that can create change.

It was clear to us that social movements and activism can only take us so far in our mission.

I have a platform, and I can help. I can be in spaces that reporters will never be in because I'm a protester.

Getting political representation is important, but change comes through using direct action, campaigning, and trade unions.

One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.

I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.

I would be an activist but never a politician. As an activist, nobody owns you.

Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.

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.

Activists are generally doers - rather than watching television and thinking about the world they will put there energies into doing something 'active' to change the (political) situation.

But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think of when I think of activists.

I think this Occupy Wall Street thing is great. I think that is a good thing and that people need to stand up, voice their opinions, and be heard.

An activist is someone who makes an effort to see problems that are not being addressed and then makes an effort to make their voice heard. Sometimes there are so many things that it's almost impossible to make your voice heard in every area, but you can sure try.