Nana Patekar Quotes

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.

There's no amount of money that can make me shut up about something I think is wrong.

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

In the absence of their superior's adherence to the law, honorable men either speak up or get out

Sworn to no party, Of no sect am I; I won't keep quiet And I will not lie.

So long as my voice can be heard on this or the other side of the Atlantic, I will hold up America to the lightning scorn of moral indignation. In doing this, I shall feel myself discharging the duty of a true patriot; for he is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins.

You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.

I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

My mother, for the last 20 years anyway, would not call herself a Marxist but a human rights activist.

If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed.

I don't want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians.

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

I try to avoid political ties.

There is little more powerful than when truth joins action.

As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.

Standing as a witness in all things means all things - big things, little things, in all conversations, in jokes, in games played and books read and music listened to, in causes supported, in service rendered, in clothes worn, in friends made.

When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you've ever fought before.

I'm an independent, straight in the middle. I've donated to candidates that I thought would be good that are Republican and Democrats alike.

Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States.