Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

What matters most is not who is sitting in the White House, but "who is sitting in" - and who is marching outside the White House, pushing for change.

If you compromise in any kind of movement or any kind of wave of revolution, if you sort of play the game, things are gonna change far more slowly than you need them to.

Change comes when people are willing to commit acts of peaceful civil disobedience.

Hey kids, while you're out smashing the state keep a smile on your lips and a song in your hearts.

There is a vast need for all types of protest today, whether it be civil disobedience, or whether it be on a - more conventional variety.

It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our government But is this a reason to do nothing? Despair is nor an answer Neither is resignation Resignation only leads to indifference, which is not merely a sin but a punishment.

If civil disobedience is the way to go about change, than I think a lot of people will be going to San Francisco

Resisting the powers that be, we are keeping things from getting worse than they otherwise might be. And that effort is very much worthwhile.

A hashtag is not helping... A hashtag is not a movement. A hashtag does not make you Dr. King. A hashtag does not change anything. It's a hashtag.

Resistance is the first step to change.

If people were silent, nothing would change.

True resistance begins with people confronting pain... and wanting to do something to change it.

Standing Rock is a moment in history. We really have to grab it and go with it.

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

We have the right of revolution. Revolution does not always have to be weapons and warfare; it's also about revolutionary ideas.

I'm not sure I'm trying to communicate a message. I'm just trying to be part of the movement away from the unacceptable present.

One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.

When I die, don't let my death stop the resistance.

There's nothing automatic about political change, about liberation.

When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process.

I've always had questions about what it meant to be a protester, to be in the minority. Are the people who are trying to find peace, who are trying to have the Constitution apply to everybody, are they really the radicals? We're not protesting from the outside. We're inside.

Social change comes through people.

How many of you are willing to go to jail for freedom?