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Social Movements Quotes

Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak. Walter Lippmann
A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution. Martin Luther King jr.
Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals. Margaret Mead
Very important thing to keep in mind, that when justice comes and when injustices are remedied, they’re not remedied by the initiative of the national government or the politicians. They only respond to the power of social movements. Howard Zinn
We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery. Todd Gitlin
Bernadine Dohrn quote: "I think there's a mystery about what a social movement is."
I think there's a mystery about what a social movement is. Bernadine Dohrn
Keith Henson quote: "Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in..."
Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses. Keith Henson
Jim Wallis quote: "The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be..."
The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them. Jim Wallis
It's a bit odd that nobody seems to be using the correct technical term to describe organized Islamic terrorists. They are not a faction of a religion or a social movement. They are a cult. A suicide cult. Craig Bruce
Sherrod Brown quote: "Young people have been at the forefront of every great social..."
Young people have been at the forefront of every great social movement in our country's history. Sherrod Brown
Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change. Jerry Brown
Major social movements eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and experience. Freda Adler
There was no intellectual movement in American history called social Darwinism. The people who were supposedly the leaders of the social Darwinist movement never embraced something called social Darwinism. It didn't exist. Jonah Goldberg
Individual heterosexual women came to the movement from relationships where men were cruel, unkind, violent, unfaithful. Many of these men were radical thinkers who participated in movements for social justice, speaking out on behalf of the workers, the poor, speaking out on behalf of racial justice. However when it came to the issue of gender they were as sexist as their conservative cohorts. Bell Hooks
The greatest movement for social justice our country has ever known is the civil rights movement and it was totally rooted in a love ethic. Bell Hooks

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