Jill Stein Quotes

We are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers.

In less than a century we experienced great movement. The youth movement! The labor movement! The civil rights movement! The peace movement! The solidarity movement! The women's movement! The disability movement! The disarmament movement! The gay rights movement! The environmental movement! Movement! Transformation! Is there any reason to believe we are done?

This is Not Another Revolution. This is a Civil Rights Movement

If the government fails to listen to your demands, then you will decide what is best for you.

We can all become activists and raise questions.

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.

Social change comes through people.

Organize! Educate! Agitate!

I want every American to stand up for his rights, even if he has to sit down for them.

Silence never won rights. They are not handed down from above; they are forced from pressures from below.

Champion of the People’s Rights

Well, protest is central to the evolution of black American culture. It was protest that really finally won our freedom for us. Beyond that, it's always interesting to note that it expanded the idea of democracy.

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

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

I am one who believes in the power of the people. I am inspired when I see people hit the streets, who challenge their elected officials, and are willing to stand up and fight. I encourage it.

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.

I'm an activist.

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're told, 'If you want to change the world, vote.' And really, if you want to change the world, there's a lot more things that you can do.

I try to surround myself with the people who genuinely believe in changing things, that are angry about it and want to make changes and want to make a change and are willing.

I am mindful that the goal of protest is not more protest, but the goal of protest is change.

Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard.

The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.

If Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign were part of the establishment, that would be time for all of us to just quit having to work so hard and defend it and fight for it.

Nelson Mandela was a terrorist. And then he wins the world peace prize and becomes president of South Africa. That's how change happens. It's very important not to differentiate protest from the democratic process.