Warren Farrell Quotes

Young people have been at the forefront of every great social movement in our country's history.

The silent majority distrusts people who believe in causes.

The idea of trying to fight against extremism was written off as naive.

We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent.

Leftist things have done terrible harm to our party in the past … Socialism may be ruined by rightism and may also be ruined by leftism. China must guard against rightism but should mainly guard against leftism.

Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.

Let's face it: There are people who are extremists in every corner of society, and whatever flag they're waving is something Bad Religion has stood against.

My audience consists mainly of people who already recognize how bad this culture is, and I want to push them to become more radical. It doesn't really matter to me if they are Left or Right.

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.

People of my generation in Portugal fell into the magic potion of political ideas. What was very funny about this revolution was that it did not bring wealth to the Portuguese. But it brought language, ideas. You'd go to the fish market, and all the women who were selling fish would call each other fascist, communist.

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

I am a radical.

Any social movement throughout history has always been carried out by only 7% of population being passionately active in that.

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative', one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary', one who won't go at all.

The left hand of the right wing.

There are too many political moderates in America.

Left-wing confusion spawns right-wing reaction.

Ideology knows no boundaries.

When you look at the times in history when change was brought about, there were two factors: crisis and leadership.

It is not leaders who make movements; it is movements that make leaders.

No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled.

Public opinion can become polarized into a bimodal distribution with only a few people in the center and many more lying toward the extremes. But under such circumstances, democracy will probably break down …

Revolutions are not push button affairs; rather, they evolve only if there exists a reservoir of hope and grievance that can be galvanized into popular action.

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted — in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest — at the command — of his head.

If god is the root cause for our degradation destroy that god. If it is religion destroy it. If it is Manu Darma, Gita, or any other Mythology (Purana), burn them to ashes. If it is temple, tank, or festival, boycott them. Finally if it is our politics, come forward to declare it openly