Fredrik Bajer Quotes

Activists are generally doers - rather than watching television and thinking about the world they will put there energies into doing something 'active' to change the (political) situation.

I campaign all the time.

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

It's very hard to complain about society if you don't get involved.

You can do a lot things in the ensuing four years waiting to vote. You can drum up support or opposition.

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.

I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done.

We can all become activists and raise questions.

When you are a people's movement, you have one thing. Your only asset is people. And you have to deal with real people. Not the people of your imagination. Not the people you wish people would be. But people as they exist actually out there in the real world.

I've never been involved in any kind of political movement.

The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.

An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

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 value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

I do feel, in a sense, the rules of engagement for citizenship has changed, and we must encourage other people to speak up and to take action.

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

In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.

I don't know when I'm going to have time to be politically active.

Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.

In politics, demonstration not description is the name of the game.

I enjoy campaigning because my husband makes the speeches and I receive the roses.

Nothing happens in America without pressure.

You should not neglect agitation; each of you should make it his task.

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

And to all of your supporters here and around the country: I want you to know, I've heard you. Your cause is our cause. Our country needs your ideas, energy, and passion. That is the only way we can turn our progressive platform into real change for America. We wrote it together - now let's go out and make it happen together.