Social Momentum Quotes

In addition to the leadership of the Party, a decisive factor is our population of 600 million. More people mean a greater ferment of ideas, more enthusiasm and more energy. Never before have the masses of the people been so inspired, so militant and so daring as at present.

Once a trend is established it tends to persist and to run it’s full course.

When somebody grabs a movement, you're kind of locked into it. It's all par for the course.

When an idea reaches critical mass there is no stopping the shift its presence will induce.

Most new movements start this way: hundreds or thousands of individuals and groups, working in different fields and different locations, start thinking about change using a common language, without necessarily recognizing those shared values. You just start following your own vector, propelled along by people in your immediate vicinity. And then one day, you look up and realize that all those individual trajectories have turned into a wave.

It's up to the people. If they really want to keep it going, they'll keep it going... they'll appreciate the music.

I do genuinely believe that the political system is not linear. When it reaches a tipping point fashioned by a critical mass of opinion, the slow pace of change we're used to will no longer be the norm. I see a lot of signs every day that we're moving closer and closer to that tipping point.

With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential.

The accumulation of genetic mutations were touted to be enough to change one species to another….No. It wasn’t dishonesty. I think it was wish fulfillment and social momentum. Assumptions, made but not verified, were taught as fact.

When more and more people want something, it becomes easier to achieve that goal.