Arvind Kejriwal Quotes

In 2012, I see the potential for people to come together, huge moments of political and social engagement where elections are part of the strategy for change, but not the end goal and not the only thing that matters.

Social change comes through people.

Any collective action is made up of individuals who one day decided not to sit and watch anymore.

I want to appeal to all people to come together across the country and stand against this politics of corruption.

Any protester knows that the only way activism works is to get the people on your side.

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

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.

People don't stay mobilized.

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.

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

I want to act, if I can, as a bridge for people who read 'Shock Doctrine' or 'No Logo'. People who are sitting out for whatever reasons.

We will continue to organize. You have seen consistent organizing since the Women's March on Washington in every corner of this country.

You don't need role models to be part of a social movement as long as you care about the issues.

I don't consider myself part of the Resistance because that's against something, and you have to be for something.

Whether you want to do a letter-writing campaign or a march or start a social media hashtag - whatever it is - know that there are people out there that are thinking exactly like you're thinking and are also afraid to take that next and very important step.

I am not naive enough to believe that voting is the only way to bring about transformational change, just as I know that protest alone is not the sole solution to the challenges we face.

Activism in the street is truth-telling, and organizing is talking to people for a specific goal.

You are enough to start a movement. Individual people can come together around things that they know are unjust. And they can spark change.

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.

One doesn't have to be an activist and start a movement.

Pick a movement, pick a revolution and join it.

A hashtag is not helping... A hashtag is not a movement. A hashtag does not make you Dr. King. A hashtag does not change anything. It's a hashtag.

I just wish that every responsible and concerned person would step back regardless of race and gender and just take a closer look at what's really going on in the world today, and say enough is enough!

Leftism should be about the people. That's how it began.

If people are not listening to you as individuals, it's always good to get together and make a stand for something.