Jessica Mitford Quotes

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

So long as my voice can be heard on this or the other side of the Atlantic, I will hold up America to the lightning scorn of moral indignation. In doing this, I shall feel myself discharging the duty of a true patriot; for he is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins.

At some point, Twitter hash tags are not enough. Eventually, you have to stand up.

Telling the truth - telling thoughtful truths - should not be a revolutionary act. Speaking truths to power should not be sacrificial, but they are.

If I'm not doing anything to make a change, then I'm responsible.

We need groups like the Women's March reminding elected officials that they have a responsibility to create pathways of opportunity, and if - and when - they aren't doing that, everyday people are going to put a little "extra" on their ordinary and extraordinary things will happen. At this moment, the not-so-quiet voices rumbling across the country and the world are saying we absolutely and unequivocally deserve better.

Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?

The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is the great force leading to change.

At some point the rhetoric runs out, and we have to ask ourselves, 'Are we simply going to standby while somebody's rhetoric is good, but their actions are so lousy?' Are we going to stand up for that?

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

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.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

But we are not in the world to be good but to change it.

You realize you can't change the world but it shouldn't stop you from trying.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Someone once asked, 'What is the difference between me and Saddam Hussein?' The answer is, 'I have a conscience and he doesn't.'

Back in those days we thought we could change the world.

All I want to do is change the world.

I'm trying to change the world.

It is people's willingness to take personal risks and confront the powerful by daring to speak the truth, not the truth itself, that ultimately leads to change.

The one thing I witnessed over and over were these pretty young people who would throw themselves into a cause larger than themselves and believe they could change the world.

It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support.

He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.

The time for bickering is over. The time for games has passed. Now is the season for action ... I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are. If you misrepresent what’s in the plan, we will call you out. And I will not accept the status quo as a solution. Not this time. Not now.

Those who are innocent today may be guilty tomorrow.