A curated register of quotes from under-represented voices.

“ Truth is powerful and it prevails. ”

— Sojourner Truth

“ I raise up my voice, not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. ”

— Malala Yousafzai, 2013

“ Abolition is really about rethinking the kind of future we want, the social future, the economic future, the political future. It's about revolution, I would argue. ”

— Angela Davis, 2020

“ My vision for the Me Too Movement is a part of a collective vision to see a world free of sexual violence, and I believe we can build that world. ”

— Tarana Burke

“ My disability is not something I've had to overcome. I'm still Deafblind. The biggest barrier I face is ableism. ”

— Haben Girma, 2019

“ Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ”

— Helen Keller

“ Feminism by definition is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. ”

— Emma Watson, 2014

“ If there is no struggle, there is no progress. ”

— Frederick Douglass, 1857

“ Disability only becomes a tragedy when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our lives. ”

— Judith Heumann

“ Stop assuming we're incompetent. We are talented; we work hard. It's just ableism, the assumption that people with disabilities are inferior, that gets in our way. ”

— Haben Girma, 2019

“ We need in every community a group of angelic troublemakers. ”

— Bayard Rustin

“ Your sexuality and your gender identity are one part of who you are. But it's so important that you focus on who you are and what you want for yourself. ”

— Munroe Bergdorf

“ I'm tired of being invisible. ”

— Sylvia Rivera

“ If they don't give you a seat at the table, stand on it with a megaphone. ”

— Mari Copeny

“ The time is always right to do what is right. ”

— Martin Luther King Jr., 1965

“ At first we were fighting people to even say Black lives matter. Now everybody's saying Black lives matter. The question now is, well, what do you mean? ”

— Alicia Garza

“ The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people. ”

— Cesar Chavez

“ My question is, why are people so quick to assume that locking away an increasingly large proportion of the U.S. population would help those who live in the free world feel safer and more secure? ”

— Angela Davis, 2003

“ When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. ”

— Malala Yousafzai

“ We are beginning to understand that the world is always being made fresh and never finished; that activism can be the journey rather than the arrival. ”

— Grace Lee Boggs

“ If it wasn't for the drag queen, there would be no gay liberation movement. ”

— Sylvia Rivera, 2001