L. Ron Hubbard Quotes

I was always interested in social change but never actually did anything about it.

Each of us should choose which course of action we must take; education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes, but let it not be said that we did nothing.

There's still injustice happening in my world. I sing my songs at concerts and I'm so grateful that the people are ready to hear them.

I feel I need to really think about whether there's a way to use what skill I have to address things that outrage me, like the 13 year old girl getting stoned to death. Because I don't think making a movie is going to help that, or change that.

We must transfer our anger to the brutalities of our time.

They call me "a teacher, a fomenter of violence." I would say point blank, "That is a lie. I'm not for wanton violence, I'm for justice."

Activism could be defined as activities engaged in by individuals to change there of others situation.

Even if you can't be an activist every day, when you can be, do it.

Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.

I have great respect for people who are in the front lines and the trenches of trying to enact social change. I am far lazier than that.

If people were silent, nothing would change.

You're either an activist or an inactivist. I want to stop this.

One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.

If you're aware of injustice, you can either ignore it, say there is nothing you can do about it, complain about it and not do anything, or put your energies into doing something about it.

We cannot accept the world as it is. Each day we should wake up foaming at the mouth because of the injustice of things.

I think I've always had these two currents, equally strong, of wanting to change the world and make the world better and fight injustices and fight violence, and then being an artist, which is a very different strain.

We can all become activists and raise questions.

I hate injustice, and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics.

There's still a lot I'm angry about, a lot of human behaviour that's appalling and despicable, but you choose what you can fight against. I always thought if I could just put something in words perfectly enough, people would get the idea and it would change things.

There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation can change things.

The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.

I wanted to use sports for social change.

Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.

Activists are generally doers - rather than watching television and thinking about the world they will put there energies into doing something 'active' to change the (political) situation.

I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process.