Tony Benn Quotes

People don't stay mobilized.

Being part of social movements like Black Lives Matter or organizations like NAACP, or any group representing a cause, gives you more resources, knowledge, and power. They can help you use your voice.

You don't need role models to be part of a social movement as long as you care about the issues.

We the voice of the young world. We the voice of the people.

Individuals bearing witness cannot do the work of social movements, but they can break a corrosive and demoralizing silence.

We have to realize we are building a movement.

Activism could be defined as activities engaged in by individuals to change there of others situation.

Democracy comes alive not when government does anything, because government cannot be depended on to rectify serious injustices. It comes alive when people organize and do something about it.

You cannot do anything without rousing the masses to action.

Collective action is a means of power, a means by which individuals can more fully realize their individual values.

Our Revolution has been the keeper of the flame doing the vital work of building a grassroots movement that leverages the people's agenda.

No matter what political cause compels us, we should always feel as though it's being threatened. We should use these causes, whatever they are, to bring people together and get each other excited about our role, so we feel like we can't stop and won't stop.

I think that we should remember that social change can happen when people join together with some strength.

Whether you want to do a letter-writing campaign or a march or start a social media hashtag - whatever it is - know that there are people out there that are thinking exactly like you're thinking and are also afraid to take that next and very important step.

Activism in the street is truth-telling, and organizing is talking to people for a specific goal.

Getting political representation is important, but change comes through using direct action, campaigning, and trade unions.

A highly visible, shared identity can help bring activists from different backgrounds together with a common sense of purpose and push for change more effectively - from the global stage to within their own communities and families.

I think we're at a time where people just want to join together and cause change. People don't want to live like this any more.

When millions of people stand up and fight...they win.

You'd think one day we'd learn. You don't get anything unless you fight for it, united and with visible numbers. If ACT UP taught us anything, it taught us that.

The really critical thing isn't who's sitting in he White House, but who is sitting in the streets, in the cafeterias, in the halls of government, in the factories. Who is protesting, who is occupying offices and demonstrating ? - those are the things that determine what happens.

When we organize with one another, when we get involved, when we stand up and speak out together, we can create a power no government can suppress.

We are tired of words, of betrayals, of indifference...they years are gone when the farm worker said nothing an did nothing to help himself...Now we have new faith. Through our strong will, our movement is changing these conditions...We shall be heard.

One should be cautious about "general conceptions." I think a strong case can be made that activism today is as high as ever, perhaps more so, and is also taking new and significant forms. There has never been anything like the international solidarity movements that began to take shape in the 1980s, right in the mainstream, or the global justice movements that have become a very powerful force in later years. It's true that the society is highly atomized, which does induce a sense of hopelessness often - quite mistakenly I think.

Individual struggles merge into larger social movements.