Global Movement Quotes

'The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman' is a reminder that people across the world are rebelling against norms and forging new paths for the most marginalized people in their own communities.

My father was a fighter pilot, so I moved around the world when I was young. Then I ended up in Kansas.

I do a lot of traveling overseas.

World communism is like [a] malignant parasite which feeds on diseased tissue

The younger generation forms a country of its own. It has no geographical boundaries. I've talked with young Hungarians in Budapest, with young Italians in Rome, with young Frenchmen in Paris, and with young people all over. ... These young people are going to do things. They are going to change things.

Afghanistan is where much of the al Qaeda journey began. It is the main site where Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and their cohort rose to prominence fighting the Soviets in the 1980s. Afghan territory holds special significance to the group, which is committed to retaking it and re-establishing it as the base of a global movement.

Think what a great world revolution will take place when ... [there are] millions of guys all over the world with rucksacks on their backs tramping around the back country.

An individual action, multiplied by millions, creates global change.

Occupy World Street is a masterpiece which deserves to get wide circulation and commitment by world leaders.

Workers of the world unite, it's not just a slogan anymore.

I was born in Japan, and then we went to Korea, and I was raised in Nebraska.

All over this world people are standing up for freedom.

It’s not going to be easy to proceed. There are going to be barriers, difficulties, hardships, failures - it’s inevitable. But unless the spirit of the last year, here and elsewhere in the country and around the globe, unless that continues to grow and becomes a major force in the social and political world, the chances for a decent future are not very high.

It's good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma. I think in some ways it's better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions.

The movers and shakers on our planet, aren't the billionaires and generals, they are the incredible numbers of people around the world filled with love for neighbor and for the earth who are resisting, remaking, restoring, renewing and revitalising.

Everyone can make a real difference. Your voice is needed in a global movement that can change their world.

Migration isn't a one-directional process; it's a colossal process that has been happening in all directions for thousands of years.

They came from the four corners of the earth, driven by hunger, plague, tumors, and the cold, and stopped here. They couldn’t go any futrther because of the ocean. That’s France, that’s the French people.

Being an international actor, I always had to keep moving.

I divide my time between Columbia, Maryland, and Lagos, Nigeria.

When people ask me exactly how much time I spend in each country, I always tell them I have no idea.

America's legacy has been crafted by generations of hard-working men and women who moved to the United States from all over the globe to pursue their dreams.

America was born in outrageous ambition, so bold as to be improbable. The deprived, the oppressed, the powerless from all over the globe came here with little more than the desire to realize themselves.

I was born in Hereford, England, in 1944. We moved when they had an opportunity to get a visa, about 1950. My dad always thought Europe was a bit too small for him. He wanted to see the United States... The typical immigrant story. He wanted a better life for his children, too. He always tried to get the visa, and it didn't come up.

Every 24 hours the world turns over on someone who was sitting on top of it.