"We can work together
for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic
goodness of humankind." -- Wangari
Maathai
*"Every
one of us can make a contribution. And quite often we are looking for the big
things and forget that, wherever we are, we can make a contribution... just imagine
what's happening if there are billions of people out there doing something. Just
imagine the power of what we can do." ~ Wangari
Maathai
*
"I fear the future I wish for my children is at risk, so I'm taking action. Please
join me... " --
Madonna
"I
think that the celebrity is a really important thing, because we have the voice
that's recognizable, that can educate people to make a difference and empower
them to make a difference, and to also get things in motion with the people in
charge that can effect change." -- Alyssa
Milano
A
lot of political people, especially people on the left, have forgotten the importance
of humor as an incredible weapon, and a vehicle through which to affect change.
-- Michael Moore
In
less than a century we experienced great movement. The youth movement! The labor
movement! The civil rights movement! The peace movement! The solidarity movement!
The women's movement! The disability movement! The disarmament movement! The gay
rights movement! The environmental movement! Movement! Transformation! Is there
any reason to believe we are done? -- Holly
Near
"Change will not come
if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been
waiting for. We are the change that we seek." -- Barack
Obama
*It took
a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just
begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave
our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today. --
Barack Obama
Nothing can
stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change. --
Barack Obama
Change
will not come if we wait for some other person or some
other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for.
We are the change that we seek.
-- Barack
Obama
*
Our generation has the ability and the responsibility to make our ever-more connected
world a more hopeful, stable and peaceful place. -- Natalie
Portman
*
Social networking is playing a huge role in creating awareness and mobilizing
support for all kinds of common interests. What better way to use this remarkable
tool than to change the world? -- Natalie
Portman
*
Our generation has the ability and the responsibility
to make our ever-more connected world a more hopeful,
stable and peaceful place.
-- Natalie
Portman
"We
have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better
life, a better world, beyond the horizon." -- Franklin
D. Roosevelt
This country will
not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for
all of us to live in. -- Theodore
Roosevelt
"You must
believe that you can help bring about a better world. A good society is produced
only by good individuals, just as truly as a majority in a presidential election
is produced by the votes of single electors." -- Bertrand
Russell
