Social Change Quotes

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." "Democracy is the road to socialism." "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." "I live in a crazy time." "Organize, agitate, educate, must be our war cry" "The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man" "It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it" "Sometimes history needs a push" "Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement" "He who opens a school door, closes a prison" "Whenever people ask me what I'd most like to change about the white working class, I say, "The feeling that our choices don't matter" "Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create" "Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex." "The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." "The future is female" "I think every woman in our culture is a feminist. They may refuse to articulate it, but if you look at the life they're living, it's feminism in action" "Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore" "Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe." "Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change." "Through the right people focusing on the right things, we can, in time, get on top of a lot if not most of the problems of this world. And that’s what a number of us are trying to do."