Ashley Judd Quotes

To see that I have this huge platform now, and so many people are listening to what I have to say, it really makes me want to orientate toward something that would really educate people, create awareness, do something more than just show them a cute outfit or what I'm having for lunch.

The only way you really see change is by helping to create it.

Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do.

It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.

If people were silent, nothing would change.

All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail. Pick a cause – there are few unworthy ones. And nudge yourself past the brink of tacit support to action. Once a month, once a year, or just once...Even just learning enough about a subject so you can speak against an opponent eloquently makes you an unusual personage. Start with that. Any one of you would have cried out, would have intervened, had you been in that crowd in Bashiqa. Well thanks to digital technology, you’re all in it now.

True resistance begins with people confronting pain... and wanting to do something to change it.

The rhythm of being an activist today involves a pretty simple rhythm. You have to open your eyes to the reality before you. You have to look and see.

The only way change will ever happen is if we speak up, and we have to know that it actually has an impact. Because we have a lot more power than we think we do, I think.

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

I think that everyone has the power to make a change in the world.

Kids really have a lot more power than they think they have. They have the power to change the world. And they should know it.

There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them.

Yes, across the board, these gentlemen understand they have the power to make a difference and even educate people to injustices that are occurring in their worlds.

I have an activist's desire to improve people's lives.

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

Regardless of how much media coverage will be received, talking and raising awareness about social injustice isn't enough.

I always knew I had to find a way to be a catalyst for positive change.

I always go back to the fact that one man can make a difference. No matter what the issue, we always have the power to change it.

There's still injustice happening in my world. I sing my songs at concerts and I'm so grateful that the people are ready to hear them.

I don't know how to change the world but I know if I keep talking about how dirty it is out here, somebody gon clean it up.

To change the world you'll need a pen.

I feel I need to really think about whether there's a way to use what skill I have to address things that outrage me, like the 13 year old girl getting stoned to death. Because I don't think making a movie is going to help that, or change that.

Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives.

Right now everyone is able to have a real voice and have it be nice and loud. Being loud is a really important thing right now. It's an amazing thing to watch. It's important because making noise makes change.