Change Quotes

"I believe that the Constitution's real promise lies in its capacity for growth and change."

"Change comes from the pressure of those who demand it, not from the compassion of those who resist it."

"The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions yet made to her august claims have been born of earnest struggle."

"Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground."

"I would rather be a person who fought for change than one who accepted injustice."

"Change happens when people decide they will no longer accept injustice."

"Progress means facing the future without the shackles of the past."

"The greatest revolution would be the elevation of the common people."

"My whole life has been a crusade against the prejudices that bind women."

"The Negro in America is at a critical turning point in his history."

"Just as the old must make way for the new, so in each individual life change is always in order."

"You cannot make omelettes without breaking eggs, and you cannot inaugurate a new condition of society without dissolving the old one."

"One cannot have a revolution without revolutionaries."

"We are rising, and the white man knows it. He feels threatened."

"You can't go forward while looking backward."

"What's important is that we fight for the right to change, and that changes come through the courts."

"The pathway from slavery to freedom passes through the schoolhouse."

"I conceive myself to be a living man capable of growth and advancement."

"We need to make the invisible visible and the silent heard."

"Change does not come from the government. Change comes from the people."

"All art is propaganda for change."

"I've always been an agitator for change."

"I declare that if women could vote, half the wrongs of society would be righted."

"I declare that the time for change is now, and women will lead the way."

"The greatest revolution will come when women wake up to their own power."

"Great movements for human advancement have always been marked by passionate struggle."

"The path to change is paved with the determination of those who refuse to accept the status quo."

"Every small act of defiance against injustice adds to the momentum of revolution."

"The world changes not through wishes, but through the determined action of those who care."

"Every act of resistance, no matter how small, weakens the chains of injustice."