Social Change Agents Quotes

My theory of change is that there are already millions of people working day in and day out on the ground to deliver on promises on global change. We need to strengthen those institutions and help those people in the field.

Established citizens—doctors, lawyers, businessmen, teachers, etc. will be recruited initially as “Social Crusaders.”

My generation had to be taken seriously because we were stopping things and burning things. We were able to initiate change, because we had such vast numbers. We were part of the baby boom, and when we moved, everything moved with us.

Men start revolutionary changes for reasons connected with their private lives.

A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a generation.

Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members.

We're trying to create people that are going to change the world.

There is no fundamental social change by being simply of individual and interpersonal actions. You have to have organizations and institutions that make a fundamental difference.

I don't think I've had any great success in predicting politics or social change, nor have I really tried.

What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.

I was trying to figure out how to use the skills I had developed in the world of social change.