Sherrod Brown Quotes

Young people, throughout history, have always been the lifeblood of every movement for civil and human rights.

I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble.

It's good for young people to be angry about something.

Upon the profound discontent of the young in every country do I set my faith. I beg you, the young, to be discontented. I pray that you may rebel against what is wrong, not with feeble negative complaining but with strong positive assertion of what is right for all humanity.

It was young people who stubbornly insisted on justice, stubbornly refused to accept the world as it is that transformed not just the country but transformed the world.

You know, I think the idea of activism, more so a revolutionary mindset, is something that has been with me for most of my life, especially since I was about 16 years old.

The consciousness-raising, the advocacy, the passion, the youth of your movement is so critical.

The great thing about 2017 is that, because of the terrible political state that we're in and that America is in, young people are so vocal at the moment about so many issues, from racism to LGBT rights to beyond. I feel like - especially when I look at my fan-base - people are so vocal about their opinions and so vocal about spreading love. That's really important, and I think it's really amazing that people are talking about that. I just want that to keep happening.

The task of youth is not only its own salvation but the salvation of those against whom it rebels.

I believe that the only true agents of change on a large scale, in this country or anywhere, are young people.

Young people are this country [America], and we need to speak out.

I love seeing young people take a stance and not be afraid to say how they feel, and protest when they feel things are wrong or unjust.

All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.

All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people.

Political movements always belong to the young.

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.

The truth is that all civic and social change is friction. Politics is friction. The only way you can bend the arc of history is to create that kind of friction, which is something that makes most people incredibly uncomfortable but which, for whatever reason, because of my upbringing or because of my genetics, is something that doesn't bug me.

What drew me to both study and activism was the formative experience of the civil rights movement.

I never want to sound preachy about youth and feminism, but I feel like there aren't enough young people coming out about their concerns and opinions.

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.

Every major social movement in our history was fueled in large part by religion and faith. Abolitionism, women’s suffrage, child labor law, and most famously, civil rights.

History dictates that unresponsive governments force ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

When you look at the times in history when change was brought about, there were two factors: crisis and leadership.

Books are for adults; revolution is for the young.

We are on the threshold of a significant breakthrough, and the greatest weapon is the mass demonstration.