Laura Moser Quotes

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

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.

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

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

I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.

Nothing happens in America without pressure.

Advocacy: Advocacy for America

We have to remain vigilant and loud and stay consistently engaged with our representatives and the political process every single day, on both a macro and micro level.

We have a big platform we can use to make change in this country. It starts with going home to our own cities and making change there. It starts with encouraging people to vote and using our platform to talk to people with power in this country to create change.

I grew up around politics. I organized my first campaign when I was 14, a walk-out in my high school to protest the year-round school schedule.

I worked on congressional campaigns when I was a teenager. I did United Way fundraisers when I was a teen. We advocated; we spoke out. I protested the first Iraq War in college.

Before running for the Washington State Senate in 2014, I had spent 20 years as an activist. I had always believed that we needed to push for change on the outside, through community organizing and advocacy.

You have a lot of people asking for town halls with the purpose of disrupting a town hall.

We can all become activists and raise questions.

I have donated money to campaigns. And I have been known to take to the street in protest. But I am more committed to my immediate politics than general politics.

I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their voices wherever they can make a difference.

I'm totally down with insurrection in the street. I've had a great time with that over the years. Insurrection in the voting booth is the other part of the equation.

Those who are outraged will vote.

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.

I feel very happy to be living in Berkeley because there are a lot of people who are politically active here.

I've campaigned for people. I've campaigned across the country for people. I have supported people in local elections. I do work with groups and causes. So, I feel like I am a participant and a civically-engaged citizen.

I don't know when I'm going to have time to be politically active.

Unfortunately, I don't think I can call myself an activist because I don't really do enough of anything.

In politics, demonstration not description is the name of the game.

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