Noam Chomsky Quotes

It's always been young people at the forefront of any revolution.

Young people are this country [America], and we need to speak out.

Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.

Today’s generation of young people holds more power than any generation before it to make a positive impact on the world.

... the young people are the ones who most quickly identify with the struggle and the necessity to eliminate the evil conditions that exist.

I believe that the only true agents of change on a large scale, in this country or anywhere, are young people.

DoSomething.org believes you don't have to wait to be Bono or Bill Gates to make a difference. Teens are super creative and passionate. We're unlocking that power by leveraging pop culture and communications technologies to get kids to do great stuff offline.

The youth are the catalysts for real change.

One thing that I'd just remind young people of is that when John Lewis, who's a member of Congress today, defied George Wallace and led the march from Selma to Montgomery, he was 23 years old. Martin Luther King was the old man in the bunch, and he was 35, so young people need to know that they've always been an important part of our society, have always been at the forefront of pushing for a more just America, and we can't be successful without the impatience, the vigor that young people bring to the fight for social justice.

The more youth begin to recognize that they have a voice, the more change is possible.

We're seeing young people find their own voices and find their activism.

Young people are going to go to someone, somewhere. And we had better see that that 'someone' is us.

It's good for young people to be angry about something.

When they [young people] believe they are the difference! That their voice matters and to use the incredible power each one of them has. I work with an amazing young man, Jaylen Arnold, who started a foundation and a movement to educate people about tolerance and to stop bullying when he was eight years old. He never ceases to inspire me.

The task of youth is not only its own salvation but the salvation of those against whom it rebels.

Politicians, they give the visible aspect of the change, but the change, the root, the anchor are in young people.

I think being able to identify with young people and...their capacity to change the world and shake things up. I think that's the greatest strength.

Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights.

Young people have been at the forefront of every great social movement in our country's history.

Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got accustomed to living. The next generation has to take that stand for whatever it is, socially, that they are involved in.

When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.

I never want to sound preachy about youth and feminism, but I feel like there aren't enough young people coming out about their concerns and opinions.

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.

Social change comes through people.