Saul Alinsky Quotes

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

We're seeing young people find their own voices and find their activism.

Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer is to help people in distress.

Activism has been very productive in our society.

Social change comes not only from the courtroom, but from talking to the media.

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.

When I look at our communities, our country, our justice system, those are things I want to change and I'm committed to changing, and that's going to take sacrifice. Laying the foundation is the hardest part and requires a lot of sacrifice and time.

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

These people in Mississippi State, they are not "down"; all they need is a chance. And I am determined to give my part not for what the Movement can do for me, but what I can do for the Movement to bring about a change in the State of Mississippi.

We can all become activists and raise questions.

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

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

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.

There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.

There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them.

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.

Politics colours everything, and anyone who wants change is necessarily political. As an environmental campaigner more or less since I left school in the early '90s, I have always been involved in lobbying, campaigning and pushing for changes.

I want to be an activist professor.

I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate.

I got into journalism not to be a journalist but to try to change American foreign policy. I'm a corny person. I was a dreamer predating my journalistic life, so I got into journalism as a means to try to change the world.

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.

Social change comes through people.

The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral persuasion.

The only weapon I have is my microphone and my unmistakable faith as a militant for change, veritable change.”