Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Major social movements eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and experience.
The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.
When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions.
Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status.
I think there's a mystery about what a social movement is.
Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.
Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.
To all of the young people out there who are creating social change or even fomenting social movements: hold on to your idealism and your belief in your ability to change the world. Your lofty goals demand attention and deserve support.
My work is not directly about the social or political.
Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up.