Craig Reucassel Quotes

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.

Rallies, marches on Washington, protests, et al. are pointless if there is no action to make them mean something.

It's really important that we get rid of the idea that protest will create change. We don't realize that that kind of organizing worked only when the government was very strong, when the West ruled the world, relatively speaking.

I was an activist long before I even entertained the possibility of being an actor.

I grew up with protests, marches, demonstrations, struggle. But I come from a clan of community workers.

Traditionalists will have to master techniques of sustained activism formerly monopolized by the left.

Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak.

I came out of the Civil Rights Movement, and I had a different kind of focus than most people who have just the academic background as their primary training experience.

I love TV, I love writing, but I love movements more.

I was always interested in social change but never actually did anything about it.

Politics colours everything, and anyone who wants change is necessarily political. As an environmental campaigner more or less since I left school in the early '90s, I have always been involved in lobbying, campaigning and pushing for changes.

Activism has been very productive in our society.

If you don't like what's going on, you have to get involved.

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

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

I'd come from a background in New York of picketing and protesting.

Even though I grew up and I didn't always like getting dragged to the meetings or the rallies or the speeches, I developed a very strong respect for participating in a democratic process.

Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.

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.

Regardless of how much media coverage will be received, talking and raising awareness about social injustice isn't enough.

I worked on congressional campaigns when I was a teenager. I did United Way fundraisers when I was a teen. We advocated; we spoke out. I protested the first Iraq War in college.

When I was 19 or 20, the way I was an activist was by regularly meeting with groups, going to protests, and being there on the ground.

My mother informed me that the way to be a change agent to create change, the first line of defense, or however you want to phrase that, is politics and government.

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

Being an activist is not easy.