Rebecca Solnit Quotes

Security isn't what I hunger for. I hunger for change. I hunger for connection.

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

When you look at the times in history when change was brought about, there were two factors: crisis and leadership.

There's nothing automatic about political change, about liberation.

No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action.

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

I was born in revolution.

We are here to make another world.

Progressive change in this country has never come from above.

There is always a moment in any kind of struggle when one feels in full bloom. Vivid. Alive…. During my years of being close to people engaged in changing the world, I have seen fear turn into courage. Sorrow into joy. Funerals into celebrations. Because whatever the consequences, people, standing side by side, have expressed who they really are, and that ultimately they believe in the love of the world and each other enough to be that-which is the foundation of activism.

Social change without music would be void of soul. Nonviolence without music, meditation, action, and a willingness to take risks probably doesn't exist.

We are all going to have to see pain if we are going to bring about change.

Great political and social changes begin to be possible as soon as men are not afraid to risk their lives.

Only force would produce social change.

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

Revolutions are not push button affairs; rather, they evolve only if there exists a reservoir of hope and grievance that can be galvanized into popular action.

Revolution is like a love story, When you are in love, your become a much better person. And when you are in revolution, you become a much better person.

We are revolutionists from head to foot; revolutionists we were; revolutionists we are; revolutionists we shall remain until the very end.

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

Campaigns end, revolutions endure.

My presence is to instigate and incite the people for any change they want, and for not having a change that they don't wish to do.

To dare: that is the whole secret of revolutions.

Revolution means turning the wheel.

The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The new order is Rapidly fadin'. And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin'.

Every revolution begins as consciousness because some group of people has to imagine change. You have to have the idea of change or at least have a hope before you can proceed. And that stage goes very quickly because a contagion of consciousness is within your control. But when you get to the stage of institutional change, it becomes a much slower process.