#activism

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. ↗

— Aristotle

#civil-disobedience #good #patriotism #value #virtue

I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#africans #black #civil-rights #justice #king

An educator should consider that he has failed in his job if he has not succeeded in instilling some trace of a divine dissatisfaction with our miserable social environment. ↗

— Anthony Standen

#awareness #conciousness #conscience #education #social-conscience

When principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then battle is your calling, and peace has become sin; you must, at the price of dearest peace, lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy, with all the fire of your faith. ↗

— Abraham Kuyper

#conviction #faith

‎God remains silent so that men and women may speak, protest, and struggle. God remains silent so that people may really become people. When God is silent and men and women cry, God cries in solidarity with them but doesn't intervene. God waits for the shouts of protest. ↗

— Elsa Tamez

#dissent #faith #god #protest #faith

What if every church in America had a ministry to stand against modern slavery? ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

#church #human-trafficking #slavery #faith

When the last tree is cut and the last fish killed, the last river poisoned, then you will see that you can't eat money. ↗

— John May

#environment #greenpeace #money

The naivite, enthusiasm and idealism of young people is not a thing to be scorned, for it is the raw material of constructive growth... ↗

— Pennfield Jensen

#motivational #motivational

I call it small government, grass-roots activism: The Tea Party activists are a part of it, FreedomWorks is part of it. FreedomWorks is the longest-standing, most active organization within this movement. ↗

— Dick Armey

#activism #activists #call #government #grass-roots

Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#against #always #claim #conservatives #course