Ani DiFranco Quotes

It is not necessary to wait until all conditions for making revolution exist; the insurrection can create them.

There will be no prison which can hold our movement down.

In any social revolution the one thing that keeps it alive is hope.

A little rebellion is a good thing.

The revolution will not be televised.

Resistance is the first step to change.

While you live, the revolution lives

A man who is fighting for the future of mankind is not waiting for torture, he's waiting for -- the Revolution.

Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.

I studied revolutions at university, and I think each revolution must begin with a moment of 'no.' If enough people have that moment at the same time, it becomes a movement.

Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.

I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolution that is positive.

You don't have a peaceful revolution. You don't have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There's no such thing as a nonviolent revolution.

All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.

When I die, don't let my death stop the resistance.

There's nothing automatic about political change, about liberation.

If you compromise in any kind of movement or any kind of wave of revolution, if you sort of play the game, things are gonna change far more slowly than you need them to.

Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

You see, revolution sounds like something that happens, like turning on the light switch, but actually it's moving a large obstacle, and a lot of folks' efforts to push it in one direction or the other have to combine.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

Every revolution has its counterrevolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real.

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.

An oppressed people will always rise.

The revolution is really easy to do nowadays.