Faith Ringgold Quotes

We are on the threshold of a significant breakthrough, and the greatest weapon is the mass demonstration.

A protest is supposed to be public. How can you do it if you don't do it in front of an audience?

What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive.

When I think about protest, I worry so much that people think about it only as standing in the streets. And I say that as someone who has been standing in the streets of cities across the country - but at the root of it is this idea of telling the truth in public.

Mass civil disobedience can use rage as a constructive and creative force.

After the first International Days of Protest in October, 1965, Senator Mansfield criticized the 'sense of utter irresponsibility' shown by the demonstrators.

It seems the only way to gain attention today is to organize a march and protest something.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

I didn't do the marching down the streets, jumping in front of the lines and holding hands... that wasn't me.

It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach.

I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.

I mean it's easier to be in a demonstration if it's a trip that's one of the reasons why the whole thing fell apart in 1971, because it wasn't a trip any longer.

You name the demonstration; I was at it.

There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.

I can call a march, and thousands come out, and I happen to have access to the White House at the same time.

Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - is innately disruptive of 'business as usual.' That is why it is effective.

The protest is part of the American way of life.

Mr. President, we are going to march on Washington. The people are restless. The Black masses are restless.

I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble.

I decided to protest in 2016 because I was feeling helpless and somebody needed to do something.

I get a little belligerent when not enough protesters show up at my appearances.

I was in Toronto when the big Women's March was going on, and I thought, 'Well, I've never been to a protest, and I can't sit this one out, and they're having a gathering here in Toronto, so I may as well go,' and gosh, I didn't expect 60,000 or 65,000 people to be there - it was huge! It was something that I didn't feel I could sit out at all.

I think there's a weapon of cynicism to say, 'Protest doesn't work. Organizing doesn't work. Y'all are a bunch of hippies. You know, it doesn't do anything,' because, frankly, it's said out of fear, because it is a potent force for political change.

It is important to show up. Showing up at marches and rallies and town halls and protests.

I don't think there's any perfect way to protest.