Muhammad Ali Quotes

All of us are driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won't do - that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.

Those of us who are today prepared to hazard our lives for the cause would regret having raised a finger, if we were able to organize only a new social system and not a more righteous one.

As a young man, causes of one kind or another engaged me, and I thought the media is where you express yourself in that. I lived with the illusion, for quite a long time, that if you described something accurately, something would be done about it.

I am an activist. I have a really big pulpit with my fiction and I love knowing that I can make people think.

I don't think you should necessarily listen to a celebrity just because he is one. But if you can marshal your celebrity and really steep yourself in whatever issue you're trying to promote, it can actually move the ball forward, and we've done that.

I am now using media as a tool to bring attention to marginalized people.

What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.

My duty is to raise the consciousness of the American people.

Social change comes not only from the courtroom, but from talking to the media.

You have to have people who prick the consciences of the nation.

I use my platform as a tool and a way to speak about greater change.

I always say, as an actress, I get to portray the human condition, but as an activist, I get to change the human condition.

I would make documentaries if it was a worthy cause. I have a lot of respect for people who put themselves in harm's way to make people see that something needs to be done.

Given this platform of being an Olympic athlete, I think it's really important that we stand up for what we believe in, and we speak out against things that we think are wrong and injust.

I come from an academic background, and I have a genuine interest in social change.

People don't really understand how important our voices are. I think there's a lot of athletes that don't use their power that really should.

I will be O.K. without football. I want to fight for the people who won't be O.K.

As a daughter of a former NAACP chapter president, I know all too well how everyday people can change lives and create progress so many others consider 'impossible.'

Take a stand for what's right. Raise a ruckus and make a change. You may not always be popular, but you'll be part of something larger and bigger and greater than yourself. Besides, making history is extremely cool.

The world is only as fair as you can make it. Takes a lot of fight. A lot of fight. But if you stay in here, in your little cave, that's one less fighter on the side of fair.

The challenge is to become part of the struggle, to make a positive difference.

To all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater solidarity!

My music is made for the people who are willing to stand up to change this world themselves.

WL’s [White Liberals] think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don’t believe that. There’s a lot to be said for sacrifice, remorse, even pity. It’s what separates us from roaches

Causes was founded with the mission of empowering anyone to change the world. Our model is based upon the belief that everyone has the power to have an outsized impact on the world by banding together with other like-minded individuals, taking direct action, and inspiring their friends and their friends' friends to join in.