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Monday 2nd of March 2026

Activism The greatest mistake of the [civil rights] Movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first [to their humanity, worth and heritage], then you'll get action. Malcolm X, quoted in “Malcolm X: The Complexity of a Man in the Jungle,” Village Voice, February 25, 1965 © 2021 Kwiple.com
Activism If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with.  Ronald Reagan, on ending student protests at University of California, Berkeley © 2023 Kwiple.com
Activism In activist circles, moving from outsider to insider is often viewed as a betrayal. But being on the inside isn't the same thing as selling out. It means your interests are represented. Joshua Green, in Rebels © 2024 Kwiple.com
Activism The loudest duck gets shot. Chinese proverb © 2019 Kwiple.com
Activism Ma'am, I want to do those things, but you must make me. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, to a woman who said he must commit to a long list of objectives before she would vote for him © 2020 Kwiple.com
Activism The nail that sticks out gets hammered down. Japanese proverb © 2019 Kwiple.com
Activism Protest galvanizes public sentiment, and when public sentiment is galvanized to a certain extent, then that turns into public pressure, and then when public pressure is applied to a certain extent, then we get policy change. That is how protest works.  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez © 2024 Kwiple.com
Activism The squeaky wheel gets the grease. American proverb © 2019 Kwiple.com
Activism Thirty years ago, anti-Vietnam War protesters presented themselves to those in Washington as authentic individuals bent on challenging a state gone off the rails. Today, their place has been taken by Donald Trump. Fred Turner, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Gun control activists say 21st century weapons 18th century laws Placard, Geneva, Switzerland, March For Our Lives rally, March 24, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Gun control activists say Betsy DeVos is the only thing that should be fired inside a school Placard, March For Our Lives rally, March 24, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Gun control activists say Guns will be the death of us Placard, Fort Worth, Texas, March For Our Lives rally, March 24, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Gun control activists say I can't even bring peanut butter to school Placard, New York City, March For Our Lives rally, March 24, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Gun control activists say I want to live in a world where guns are harder to get than Hamilton tickets!! Placard, New York City, March For Our Lives rally, March 24, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Gun control activists say If you need a machine gun to hunt you suck at it Placard, March For Our Lives rally, March 24, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Gun control activists say Mental illnesses  are global Mass shootings are American Placard, London, England, March For Our Lives rally, March 24, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Gun control activists say My favorite part of the 2nd Amendment is where it says a well regulated militia Gun control now Placard, Paris, France, March For Our Lives rally, March 24, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Gun control activists say N ow R aising A ctivists Placard, New York City, March For Our Lives rally, March 24, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Gun control activists say There should be a background check before the NRA is allowed to buy a Senator Placard, New York City, March For Our Lives rally, March 24, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Gun control activists say Thoughts and prayers for Republicans in November Placard, March For Our Lives rally, March 24, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Gun control activists say Throw Them Out Nationwide campaign led by Everytown for Gun Safety, a movement to end gun violence and expose candidates who take money from the NRA © 2018 Kwiple.com
Gun control activists say When I said I'd rather die than go to math class? That was hyperbole, assholes  Placard, March For Our Lives rally, March 24, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
 
Gun control activists say Who in your life would have to die for you to support gun control? Placard, Las Vegas, Nevada, March For Our Lives rally, March 24, 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com