Keith Ellison Quotes

I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.

It's important to be active in the causes that are important to you... That's how we make changes in this world.

Kids really have a lot more power than they think they have. They have the power to change the world. And they should know it.

Every person has the ability to influence change. I am grateful that my voice counts, and I am able to influence change. But more than that, there is a certain amount of activism that is engrained in me.

The challenge is to become part of the struggle, to make a positive difference.

I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.

Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.

'Unlikely Brothers' talks about the importance of citizen action and shows why and how we can make a difference.

I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.

A lot of young people don't think they can make a difference. That's really what I am at Dartmouth to do. I'm there to tell the young people, 'Look, a few committed souls can change the world.'

I don't want young people to think they can't make a difference because they don't have money.

I learnt that if I want to make any difference, or changes to my world, then I've got to be involved. We need passion - that's how things change.

Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.

I believe that all students, when asked to be accountable for their actions and to be socially aware citizens, will become agents for change!

Kids deserve the right to think that they can change the world.

I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it.

It is open for anyone to have freedom of speech, and I guess we can all play a role in trying to make a difference in the world. Particularly if your leader is not helping in that area.

Just like so many other people out there, I don't want to sit on the sidelines, I want to do the most that I can to help.

You can complain about problems, and you can suffer from the ramifications of issues that are social in nature and impact you, but the best thing you can do is get off your couch, get out of your home and go do something about it.

You just have to find your activism, and don't let anyone tell you what that should look like. If you're doing the work, and you're getting someone to think, you're on the right path.

My mother said, 'Did you ever believe you would be an activist?' I said, 'No, not really.' But I just felt in my heart that I needed to step up and be a leader in the forefront.

I want the kids that think the Kardashians are amazing to think that going out there and actually making a difference in your world is just as amazing.

If you have money, donate it. If you have time, donate that time. If you have a story to tell, share that story. There's a list of things you can do, and even educating yourself is a form of revolution in my opinion.

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.

I just do what I can do to be one of the people who make a difference.