Matt Bomer Quotes

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

Activism is wasteful.

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.

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.

Activists set the agenda for the practitioners.

Being an activist is not easy.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Being part of social movements like Black Lives Matter or organizations like NAACP, or any group representing a cause, gives you more resources, knowledge, and power. They can help you use your voice.

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.

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.

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

Activism in the street is truth-telling, and organizing is talking to people for a specific goal.

One doesn't have to be an activist and start a movement.

The big dividing line is not and has never been between those who advocate more or less militant forms of resistance, or between mainstream and grassroots activists. The dividing line is between those who do something and those who do nothing.

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

There is a point in fighting. There is a point in struggle. Not wholesale revolution, maybe, that might not be possible, an absolutely just society, but there are plenty of spaces and places where it's worth putting up a fight.

Change only takes place through action, not through meditation and prayer.

There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action.

We can all become activists and raise questions.