Hannah Teter Quotes

I believe boycotts are wrong.

I can say unequivocally that the boycott does not work. It's never complete enough to have impact unless it's backed by force, and I don't think anybody in America seriously proposes that.

Boycotts are not something to be taken lightly.

As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances. A tactic which allows people, as distinct from their elected but often craven governments, to apply a certain pressure on those wielding power in what they, the boycotters, consider to be an unjust or immoral way.

A boycott is the most peaceful and passive kind of protest there is and can be. We do not say we hate you or even say that you are wrong. We just say that we don’t want to ride your bus.

You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.

A boycott is directed against a policy and the institutions which support that policy either actively or tacitly. Its aim is not to reject, but to bring about change.

No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough.

Civil disobedience is a viable political tactic, and a non-violent tactic.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger.

Rebellion is obsolete - change things from the inside working out.

A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike.

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.

I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow.

I think the Occupy movement is absolutely fantastic; in my opinion, it's probably one of the most important people's movements of the 21st century and the 20th century. The trouble is that nobody really wants to support what they represent. They are too 'grassroots' for their own good.

Protest actions and propaganda are two slightly different things.

There are quite a few disgruntled Greenpeacers who are opposed to its policy of non-cooperation.

Agitate, agitate, agitate.

We are on the threshold of a significant breakthrough, and the greatest weapon is the mass demonstration.

Somehow, the guys in power have to be reached by counter-power, or through a change in their hearts and minds, or change will not come.

Protest is when I say this does not please me. Resistance is when I ensure what does not please me occurs no more.

The organizer dedicated to changing the life of a particular community must first rub raw the resentments of the people of the community.

Civil disobedience has almost always been about expression. Generally, it's nonviolent, as defined by Henry David Thoreau, Gandhi, and King.

Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry.