Opal Tometi Quotes

Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

An oppressed people will always rise.

Three words remain that can yet stir the blood of man: the word 'rebellion'; the word 'revolt'; the word 'revolution'.

Power is never so overwhelming that there's no room for resistance.

I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolution that is positive.

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.

But we are not in the world to be good but to change it.

Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.

Reformation ends not in contemplation, but in action.

Fight the power that be. Fight the power.

Revolution is not a goal in itself.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

Business as usual will not be accepted by any part of this city.

The revolution is a torrent which sweeps aside those who resist it.

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

Something is stirring in the hearts and minds of the people.

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

What we are doing today is more than singing an agreement. It is a revolution.

The status quo is presented as something to aspire to, whereas for us, the status quo was something we wanted to shatter in order to create the space for people to choose for themselves.

We all have a potential revolutionary energy inside.

Revolt, for you have nothing to lose but your chains and your [refugee] tents!

It is not necessary to wait until all conditions for making revolution exist; the insurrection can create them.

Keep this straight in your head: we are not fighting an alien invasion - we're leading a revolution. And today the battle begins.

Revolution means turning the wheel.