Boots Riley Quotes

I will continue to help the political causes I believe in in any way I can.

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.

I believe activism is the true source of change in the world. Pushing to change social structures in communities that you are a part of is critical for making real lasting change.

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

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

I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.

I'm asking you to talk with your friends, neighbors, and relatives - even the ones you've never talked to about reproductive rights. That's how you can throw your number in the bucket, and stand with a president who has stood with us. Conversation by conversation, vote by vote, we will re-elect President Barack Obama!

I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.

As to politics, I am doing what I can for the cause.

Political involvement is more than a game.

I'm a person who's always been politically active and passionate about people's rights.

I and you and everyone else has to be a political activist.

The big umbrella issue is, do I make a bigger difference on the outside of political process or on the inside?

I've become more of a citizen and more of an activist.

Up to now, America has not been a good milieu for the rise of a mass movement. What starts out here as a mass movement ends up as a racket, a cult, or a corporation.

I am such a political person.

I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.

Anyone who seeks to be involved in politics should join hands with America.

We can all become activists and raise questions.

I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they're active, informed, and engaged.

It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals.

I would be an activist but never a politician. As an activist, nobody owns you.

I haven't been very active in politics.

All the big revolutions, whether it's the Industrial Revolution, the Arab Spring, those changes happened by economic and social shifts brought about by the people's voices, and those things weren't voted for. Most of our changes today are brought about through technology, not by voting.

Obama used to be a community organizer. He knows how to build communities.