Derrick Jensen Quotes

A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire.

The future is in our hands!

If the future's looking dark, We're the ones who have to shine. If there's no one in control, We're the ones who draw the line. Though we live in trying times, We're the ones who have to try. And we know that time has wings, So we're the ones who have to fly.

Whoever we may be, whatever our immediate interest, however much we carry baggage from our past, however much we have been caught by the fashion of cynicism and loss of faith in the capacity of the people, let us err today and say - nothing can stop us now!

Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free.

I think of moving as a kind of saving grace.

If I said it once, I'll say it again: 'We have the power to change everything.'

There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

In any social revolution the one thing that keeps it alive is hope.

Take actions that will give people hope.

As we have the right of desiring amendments, why not exercise it.

Dare! — this word contains all the politics of our revolution.

Across our small globe, dawn sweeps each morning, lighting cities and cottages, barrios and villages. Whoever and wherever you may be, you can step out into that morning sunrise and know, from our American example, that life does not have to be the way it is for you.

When there's justice and change, you start to see the cleansing of the soul, and that is what I want for people, and I hope it's okay for me to say those things.

The big percentage is us, the real people, and we have to say something. You have to speak up. You have to.

Participation in and of itself is an act against hopelessness. Speaking up is a gesture against hopelessness.

In difficult times, it's important to speak up. We cannot change the past, but we can impact the future.

I remember the day Ukraine became independent. I was 20; now I am over 40. It was like one second - time goes so fast. If we wait, the next 20 years will go by. We have a choice to wait or to fight for the better future of our country. I know better than anyone: no fight, no win.

Look not to the politicians; look to yourselves.

Choices can be made again." -Evelyn Johnson (Eaton)

Now's the time to take a chance, come on we've gotta make a stand. What do we have to lose the choice is in our hands.

Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, "Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night." You will be right. For that is the hard home-run. Live not for battles won. Live not for the-end-of-the-song. Live in the along.

You could have the world in the palm of your hand, but it don't mean a thing 'til you change it.