Leslie Odom Jr. Quotes

'Unlikely Brothers' talks about the importance of citizen action and shows why and how we can make a difference.

I love individuals who care about what's going on the world and how we can help make it a better place.

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.

What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.

I'm a real person, and I'm angry. I'm trying to use this celebrity thing to get people some help. AIDS, poverty, racism - I want to be one of the hands that helps stop all that. I'll put it on my shoulders. I'll charge it to my account.

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

The goal isn't how much money you make, but how much you help people.

I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.

It's hard for us not to be involved with things. When you have so much information and you see so much need, there's too much going on for us not to get involved.

When people said Africa would change me, I didn't understand what they meant. To see the poverty in the townships, for instance, is overwhelming. I found it heart-wrenching to see young children walking barefoot and hungry in the dirt. I'm the kind of person who wants to change the world right here and now, so I got frustrated.

Kids deserve the right to think that they can change the world.

I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with the current events.

For the cause that lacks assistance, the wrong that needs resistance, for the future in the distance, and the good that I can do.

I was a very serious young man, very committed to saving the world.

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

Unlike many graduate fellowships, the Rhodes seeks leaders who will 'fight the world's fight.' They must be more than mere bookworms. We are looking for students who wonder, students who are reading widely, students of passion who are driven to make a difference in the lives of those around them and in the broader world.

Some of the most morally conscious, kindest, most compassionate people are in the entertainment industry, people who want to affect the world and make it a better place through telling human, heartfelt stories.

Being in service and being involved in something that is greater than you is what makes a person complete and whole. The very first thing I ever did in terms of activism was for an anti-atom bomb rally.

When you travel and when you campaign, people tell you their problems. You see the problems and you become aware of them and you talk about them every day. And so you feel the responsibility for doing something about them.

I started traveling out of curiosity, but I have come to believe in travel's political importance, that encouraging a nation's citizenry to travel may be as important as encouraging school attendance, environmental conservation, or national thrift. You cannot understand the otherness of places you have not encountered.

One of the best things that can happen to any cause, to any people, is to have Bill Clinton as its advocate. That is how needy and neglected causes have become global initiatives.

I don't want to be the only one speaking up for the refugees. I get all these comments from people saying, 'Thanks so much for your courage,' and, 'You're the only one who's spoken out.' But I don't want to be the only one speaking up.

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

We all have a responsibility to try and make this world better, whether it's through our work, the causes we champion, the way that we treat people, or the values we impart to the next generation.

Whether that be starting conversations about environmental conservation or taking part in being a voice for people who don't have a voice, I just want to help people however I can.