Politics Quotes

Power, governance, and the messy business of organizing human societies.

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"We must create environments where dissent is not punished but engaged."
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
"Silence equals complicity."
Peter Tatchell
"Speak truth to power."
Peter Tatchell
"Silence is never neutral in the face of injustice."
Peter Tatchell
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"When the missionaries arrived, they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes."
Desmond Tutu
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"Some people think that women should not have the right to education. These people are against progress."
Malala Yousafzai
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"Secularism is not atheism; it is the separation of belief from governance."
Taslima Nasrin
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"A nation that oppresses half its population is an oppressive nation."
Taslima Nasrin
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"The personal is political, and the political is deeply personal."
Taslima Nasrin
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"The personal became political, and that changed everything."
Edith Windsor
"Democracy requires eternal vigilance against those who would restrict our freedoms."
Peter Tatchell
"The personal is political; our intimate lives reflect larger social structures."
Peter Tatchell
"Oppression is maintained through the complicity of the comfortable."
Peter Tatchell
"You will not find permanent allies in the struggle for human rights."
Bayard Rustin
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"The revolution won't be televised, but it will be in the streets."
Sylvia Rivera
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"Street queens, homeless people, trans people - we are the revolution."
Sylvia Rivera
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"My life is my protest. My existence is my resistance."
Sylvia Rivera
"Homophobia is a political weapon used to divide and control working people."
Peter Tatchell
"The personal is political; our lives are statements."
Peter Tatchell
"Apathy is the greatest threat to democracy."
Peter Tatchell
"Systems of oppression rely on our silence and cooperation."
Peter Tatchell
"Politics is everyone's responsibility, not just politicians'."
Peter Tatchell
"Politics is the art of deciding who deserves dignity."
Peter Tatchell
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"The personal is always political."
Larry Kramer
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"Visibility is a political act."
Larry Kramer
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"Politics without ethics is power without purpose."
Tim Gill
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"Politics shapes the world; wisdom asks who should shape it."
Tim Gill
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"Politics must serve all people equally"
Marsha P. Johnson
"The personal is political; our private choices have public consequences."
Peter Tatchell
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"Politics is personal when your survival is at stake."
Sylvia Rivera