Abby Johnson Quotes

I could just go to the horse races and take lovely holidays, but I have some strong views, and I want to make a difference.

I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.

Until the day I die, or until the day I can't think anymore, I want to be involved in the issues that I care about.

For me, the passions and issues I care so much about are ones that lend themselves to work whether you're in government or outside of government.

We've always been a band who wants to put our money where our mouths are. We have political songs, but we don't like to hit people over the heads with stuff. So it's better to do benefits and causes and talk about it later rather than always trying to put it in the song.

I will stand up on issues as they arise, making sure that the voices of Georgians are always being heard.

I am not some intellectual hoping to be understood a century from now. I'm a political leader. I have to stand in front of my community. If I am a metre too far out in front of the people, I'll lose them.

I ask you to find your voice and use it not only to choose your elected officials but to shape the issues that will shape our lives.

I just get involved in things when people come to me: I'm not a musician-slash-activist, that's not the word.

Find an issue that's important to you, and be as curious and close to it as possible.

Every person has the ability to influence change. I am grateful that my voice counts, and I am able to influence change. But more than that, there is a certain amount of activism that is engrained in me.

Nothing that you make in the world exists in isolation from the social and political and ecological dimensions of it.

It will always be important that people continue to push on the system from the outside. It will also be important that people make the changes that we know are necessary on the inside.

My passion for strengthening the community and making peoples' lives better is stronger now than when I first got into politics.

It's a coincidence that most of the films I have done are to do with social causes.

Being a voice for my community is something that I don't take lightly.

I genuinely do want the world to change in a positive way, but I wouldn't call myself an activist, you know? I'm an entertainer who engages with activism because it feels really meaningful for me.

It is the responsibility, I think, of anybody in elected office to look for opportunities to help serve their people.

It was clear to us that social movements and activism can only take us so far in our mission.

We need to start talking, to each other, about the issues that matter most. Otherwise, we are just pawns in the game of politics.

I have struggled in life and this has made me sensitive towards the needs of others. Politics gives you the opportunity to really do something.

I know it's very comfortable to sit at home and stay with your family, kids and friends and not worry about anything. But with the platform we have we should be the people that scream at the social issues and put them out there so as a society we can move forward.

I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.

Frontiersman ideas of individualism stand exposed as we realise just how much our actions impact others.

It's very hard to complain about society if you don't get involved.