“Liberals should ask why their crusade for freedom and equality found itself with such a captain, and what his legacy says about their cause. Conservatives should ask how their crusade for faith and family and community ended up so Hefnerian itself — with a conservative news network that seems to hav…”— Ross Douthat, nytimes.com
“The articles in Teen Vogue are short on substance but fun — lively and breezy, often with a big-sister tone. An article ostensibly about the Syrian refugee crisis culminates with the Syrian teenager finding a boyfriend; an interview about the struggle for Hispanic representation in Hollywood is mayb…”— Jazmine Hughes, nytimes.com
“But in the grand scheme of things, Welteroth’s magazine is only as rebellious as it can be without risking advertising revenue, outspoken about issues that have already been widely agreed upon.”— Jazmine Hughes, nytimes.com
“You can not fight corporations individual to individual, you do it as a collective movement.”— Gail Dines, youtube.com
“There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals.”— Winona LaDuke, analoguechic.com
“If the state stops behaving badly, then I won’t have anything to say. Then there will be no cause for anyone to exploit anything. But if what I say is being exploited, the root of the problem is the state’s behavior.”— Shirin Ebadi, amazon.com
“Stand for the weak, for the poor, for the lonely, for the fearful, for the ignorant, and for the silent. We must not stand for the powerful only, or for the rich only, or for the arrogant only. Justice does not demand that.”— Wangari Maathai, amazon.com
“The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening.”— Rosa Luxemburg, amazon.com
“Love is profoundly political. Our deepest revolution will come when we understand this truth. Only love can give us the strength to go forward in the midst of heartbreak and misery. Only love can give us the power to reconcile, to redeem, the power to renew weary spirits and save lost souls. The tra…”— Bell Hooks, amazon.com
“I always call Ellen DeGeneres the gay Rosa Parks. If Rosa Parks had one of the most popular daytime TV shows, I’m sure the civil-rights movement would’ve moved a little bit faster too.”— Chris Rock, vulture.com
“This isn't the civil rights movement Hannah, It's just me. It's just me.”— Jennifer Konner, Lena Dunham, Chuck Palmer, Matthew Rhys, imdb.com
“I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours.”— Barack Obama, latimes.com
“I saw somebody compared him to Muhammad Ali, which is ludicrous. Muhammad Ali was fighting for a bigger cause since he was Cassius Clay. Every day. So I've never seen Kaepernick do anything in the community—I don't really know him, but to each his own. Everybody has their voice, especially now with…”— Shaquille O'Neal, esquire.com
“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.”— Audre Lorde, quotes-friendship.com
“Turning my back on Malcolm was one of the mistakes that I regret most in my life. I wish I’d been able to tell Malcolm I was sorry, that he was right about so many things. But he was killed before I got the chance. He was a visionary ahead of us all…. I might never have become a Muslim if it hadn’t…”— Muhammad Ali, balee-dat.tumblr.com
“Turning my back on Malcolm was one of the mistakes that I regret most in my life. I wish I’d been able to tell Malcolm I was sorry, that he was right about so many things. But he was killed before I got the chance. He was a visionary ahead of us all…. I might never have become a Muslim if it hadn’t…”— Muhammad Ali, balee-dat.tumblr.com
“Turning my back on Malcolm was one of the mistakes that I regret most in my life. I wish I’d been able to tell Malcolm I was sorry, that he was right about so many things. But he was killed before I got the chance. He was a visionary ahead of us all…. I might never have become a Muslim if it hadn’t…”— Muhammad Ali, balee-dat.tumblr.com
“Turning my back on Malcolm was one of the mistakes that I regret most in my life. I wish I’d been able to tell Malcolm I was sorry, that he was right about so many things. But he was killed before I got the chance. He was a visionary ahead of us all…. I might never have become a Muslim if it hadn’t…”— Muhammad Ali, balee-dat.tumblr.com