Change Quotes

"The revolution has always been in the hands of the young."

"The masses will change society, not the few."

"We believe in social and political change for black liberation."

"We must transform consciousness to transform society."

"In order to change the world, we must first change ourselves."

"Every person has the power to make change."

"We must learn to think like revolutionaries if we want to survive."

"Change comes through action, not contemplation alone."

"Change is inevitable; the question is who directs it."

"Change doesn't come through comfort - it comes through conviction."

"I understood that change begins the moment you stop waiting for permission."

"Every moment of inaction is a choice to accept the status quo."

"Progress is not inevitable; it requires constant vigilance and action."

"Change comes when people stop waiting for permission to act."

"There is no better time than now to be committed to ending the divisions."

"The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation."

"The ultimate tragicality is that some of us are attempting to move from a society built on domination to one built on cooperation."

"I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values."

"Social change comes no faster than the speed of trust."

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for."

"We must build a society where merit, not color, determines opportunity."

"We must understand that our struggle is part of a global fight for liberation."

"The system was not designed to include us; we must build our own systems."

"The liberation movement is about creating new possibilities for human existence."

"We are building a new society within the shell of the old."

"We are challenging the fundamental assumptions upon which the system rests."

"Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the people themselves."

"We must change the conditions that create the desperation in our communities."

"The system will not reform itself. The people must force change."

"Oppression creates the conditions for revolution."