Michelle Alexander Quotes

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 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.

Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.

Activists set the agenda for the practitioners.

Only force would produce social change.

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

Therefore, our fight must primarily be a political mass struggle with revolutionary goals.

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things.

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

Anybody intelligent enough to realize what America is, is not going to sit around and do nothing about it. They're going to be the same way that I am. They're going to be the same way our fans are. They're going to be pissed.

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.

I'm an anarchist and I do think things such as Occupy Wall Street are about getting a little closer to the solution.

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

Organize! Educate! Agitate!

Change never comes from the White House. It comes from your house and my house.

Nothing happens in America without pressure.

If you don't like what's going on, you have to get involved.

You should not neglect agitation; each of you should make it his task.

We are at the point where we can mobilize all of this righteous indignation into a powerful mass movement.

If the thing that you want to happen is happening... it's no longer a movement.

If you ever think about me, and you ain't gonna do no revolutionary act, forget about me. I don't want myself on your mind if you're not going to work for the people.

I did nothing but international liberation politics for ten years, and usually it was like, you gain an inch, you lose a half an inch. It's slow going, man.

The absolute key issue is: how do you create enough political pressure? It's up to us to create that political will and there are tried and tested techniques for doing that. So we're talking about the need for civil disobedience that escalates into a rebellion and uprising.

Movements live on a day-to-day basis.

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.