Robert Patrick Quotes

We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. Make our troops know we're for them and trying to get them out of there. Hit the streets to protest Bush's proposed surge. If you can, go to the peace march in Washington on Jan. 27. We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, 'Stop it, now!'

My parents always went to rallies and demonstrated against certain things; my generation, we often have a political conscience, but we're not that involved.

I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.

I mean it's easier to be in a demonstration if it's a trip that's one of the reasons why the whole thing fell apart in 1971, because it wasn't a trip any longer.

I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

As Suffragettes we could not be pacifists at any price.

My parents were active in the anti-war movement in the 1960s, so I grew up with a tradition of civic activism around our dinner table and going to different marches for different causes.

I'm always happy when I'm protesting.

I think Pussy Riot is amazing. I'm honored that they were inspired by riot grrl, and obviously they're making history around the world.

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

My explanation remains the same: It was an attempt to make the point that anyone who opposed the war can achieve their objective by working within their sphere of influence, whether their political party or community of faith.

If Occupy Wall Street can see their way to more collaboration with the union movement, then there will be a great deal of political action possible.

John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement at Chapel Hill, where I went to university.

I hope lots of people will join the solidarity march on May 7th and I hope things will change.

I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution.

It seems the only way to gain attention today is to organize a march and protest something.

My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax.

I was involved in some peaceful protests.

I believe boycotts are wrong.

It is unconscionable that 10,000 boys have died in Vietnam. If 10,000 American women had mind enough they could end the war, if they were committed to the task, even if it meant going to jail.

What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive.

My father, Melvin van Peebles, and my mother were both very active politically when I was a kid. The first time I was allowed to stay up late was to attend a demonstration.

I mean, there's a hell of a lot of grounds for protest, but you don't do it through music.

I've never been involved in any kind of political movement.