“The activist is not the person who says the river is dirty. The activist is the person who cleans up the river”
“The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.”
“To make peace is not a passive endeavor, but rather an activist mindset that works toward the end of conflict. In our world, it is not the soldier but the activist who calls for peace.”
“Understand: the task of an activist is not to negotiate systems of power with as much personal integrity as possible--it's to dismantle those systems.”
“The big companies are like steel and activists are like heat. Activists soften the steel, and then I can bend it into pretty grillwork and make reforms.”
“There is something about eating animals that tends to polarize: never eat them or never sincerely question eating them; become an activist or disdain activists.”