“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.”
Mahatma Ghandi
“The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary.”
Gloria Steinem
“The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being”
Emma Goldman
“No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution - Revolution is but thought carried into action”
“I think of myself as a comedian who has the pleasure of writing jokes about things that I actually care about. And that's really it. You know, if I really wanted to enact social change… I have great respect for people who are in the front lines and the trenches of trying to enact social change. I am far lazier than that.”
Jon Stewart
“Men must be capable of imagining and executing and insisting on social change if they are to reform or even maintain civilization, and capable too of furnishing the rebellion which is sometimes necessary if society is not to perish of immobility.”
Rebecca West
“We seem determined to outpace the Scandinavians and the Dutch for social change.”
Stockwell Day