Rashida Tlaib Quotes

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.

Even if you can't be an activist every day, when you can be, do it.

America won't be saved because one or 10 people stand up. It will be saved because millions of us stand up.

I know Donald Trump. I've met him; I know his family. I have love and friendship and affection for his family members. But I'm going to work very hard to ensure that he is not our president.

Before running for the Washington State Senate in 2014, I had spent 20 years as an activist. I had always believed that we needed to push for change on the outside, through community organizing and advocacy.

We need to keep ringing the bell, wake people up to get our democracy together. Farm workers are like a symbol, and it is good that people are paying attention.

You can make the case that slacktivism is important because it makes people feel affiliated to a movement and be part of it, and talk about it.

At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.

I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.

We can all become activists and raise questions.

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

Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it's about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules.

Anybody intelligent enough to realize what America is, is not going to sit around and do nothing about it. They're going to be the same way that I am. They're going to be the same way our fans are. They're going to be pissed.

I acted on my core beliefs on social issues as governor.

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.

We have to realize we are building a movement.

Obama used to be a community organizer. He knows how to build communities.

Change never comes from the White House. It comes from your house and my house.

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

A few people with a clear agenda can make a big difference in government.

Grass Roots Convention

Being part of social movements like Black Lives Matter or organizations like NAACP, or any group representing a cause, gives you more resources, knowledge, and power. They can help you use your voice.

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

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

We have a big platform we can use to make change in this country. It starts with going home to our own cities and making change there. It starts with encouraging people to vote and using our platform to talk to people with power in this country to create change.