Wendy Davis Quotes

Remember, there are two things that keep us oppressed: them and us. We are half of the equation. There will not be a magic day when we wake up and it's now OK to express ourselves publicly. We must make that day ourselves, by speaking out publicly -- first in small numbers, then in greater numbers, until it's simply the way things are and no one thinks twice. Never doubt that we will create this world, because, my friends, we are fortunate to live in a democracy, and in a democracy, we decide what's possible.

It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term "activism," which basically means talking about something but doing nothing. . . . We made giving exciting.

I think we are in a time where the youth play such a huge role. It's up to us to go the extra mile to vote and raise our voices.

Same-sex marriage polls is our last chance to make a difference. If you're like me, you don't want to have to ask yourself on the day after the election, what else could I have done?

I think we should keep voting, I think we should keep supporting things that we believe in. I don't think we ought to just quit.

You may be asking yourself, 'Am I the right type of person to go to this rally?' The fact that you would even stop to ask yourself that question, as opposed to, let's say, just jumping up, grabbing the nearest stack of burnable holy books, strapping on a diaper and pointing your car towards D.C. -- that means I think you just might be right for it.

I'm not calling for a boycott on voting. But I think it should be very clear that just voting is not going to solve our problems.

Hashtag activism is a catalyst, but things have to actually happen in real life.

Writing a check is easy. The opportunity for real change happens when there's a person who comes to you with real passion to create a movement.

You don't make a statement unless you make noise.

I'm asking people to vote for me because I'm an activist leader and a problem solver.

Get out there and vote like your lives depend on it.

The pitch is the most important thing for us: not the words, not on paper.

I think we need to raise our voices, and we need to demonstrate to the people we represent, as well as the American people, that their leaders have a responsibility to take action.

We're told, 'If you want to change the world, vote.' And really, if you want to change the world, there's a lot more things that you can do.

If you want something to actually happen, just voting isn't enough.

If you have any platform and a voice, I think it's important to use it.

I don't know why there's not more activism today. I do think that your generation is twenty times smarter than our generation ever was, but the problem with being smart like you guys is that it can lead you really easily to being cynical, and cynicism is actually a pacifying attitude.

I'm not interested to change about the government. I'm interested to change the conditions for the people. So, yes, I talk a lot. But I think this is the only way for Italy in this moment.

The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think. You may preach to a congregation by the year and not affect its thought because it is not called upon for definite action. But throw your subject into a campaign and it becomes a challenge.

The distance between taking social action and having the knowledge is as wide as the mouth of the Mississippi.

I'd like to transform the system in very fundamental ways, but you've got to do that in every way that you can. You can't wait for some magic bullet or some magic politician or some magic anything to have that happen. You got to get out there and use your vote.

Find something that matters deeply to you and pursue it. Question. Stand. Speak. Act. Make us uncomfortable. Make us think.

Voting really doesn't mean anything. I wish I could say something different, but I think it's kind of a sham.

We need people to be alert and thinking for themselves and connected to each other and connected to that sense of hope and empowerment and radical chutzpah that the founding generation had and intended us to have.