Rasheed Wallace Quotes

If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which put you to indignation, to outrage. You must stand up. I always say to people, 'Look around; look at what makes you unhappy, what makes you furious, and then engage yourself in some action.'

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

If I get incensed about some injustice, you can't make me - I will not just going to sit at my desk, at my computer all the time. I - I might want to march out on that.

A minority of malcontents, some justly, some unjustly, angry with the present state of things, will always exist in this world.

When I see something wrong, I speak up.

When things are not fair, I speak my mind.

How can you ask someone to live in the world and not have something to say about injustice?

It is easy to be disgruntled if you are denied rights and freedoms to which you feel entitled. But if you are not coherent, if you cannot put into words what it is that displeases you and why it is unfair and should change, then you are dismissed as an unreasonable whiner. You may be lectured about perseverance and patience, life as a test, the need to accept the higher wisdom of others.

I lose film roles because I'm a person who doesn't keep quiet about certain things. But if my heart tells me something is wrong, I'm going to go and do something about it.

Pearl Jam doesn't just sing about issues they care about. These guys walk it like they talk it.

Ah, but it's nice to be in the opposition, nice to be a bone in somebody's throat.

I always feel compelled to lend my voice to things I strongly believe in.

The great thing about rock n' roll is, if you want to fight - like, fight the system, fight the man, fight the government, fight the people in front of you - it's Don Quixote all over again. You're really chasing windmills.

Many people are never happier than when they get the opportunity to complain, while others are deeply unhappy with how things are but just accept the fact. Complaint occurs when we refuse to accept that things are wrong and we do something about it, even if that something is simply articulating our unease.

Trust me, you have to fight. When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.

I've always been the most vocal person socially about things that I feel are important.

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men.

Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right?

The starting point is a passionate anger at something that does not work very well.

At some point, Twitter hash tags are not enough. Eventually, you have to stand up.

We should not label people who speak up, because it should not be the exception - it should be the norm. When you see something wrong, you speak up.

I think it is important to speak out.

When you see corruption, when you see injustice, you speak up. You don't just shut up and say it's none of my business.