Naomi Klein

“The first rule of branding: when you have a strong brand, you protect it.”

“What we are seeing is a fusion of the worst of the old and the worst of the new: the surveillance state and the corporate state fused together.”

“The point is not to get a seat at the table. The point is to change the table.”

“Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around.”

“Hope is a verb with its sleeves rolled up.”

“There is no such thing as a 'natural' disaster. Disasters are always political.”

“Our economic system and our planetary system are now at war. Or, more accurately, our economy is at war with many forms of life on earth, including human life.”

“You can't build a movement on fear.”

“Neoliberalism is the ideology at the root of all of our problems.”

“The truly radical idea is that we can create a world based on love, on empathy, on generosity.”

“Change is coming, whether we like it or not. We can either be the architects of that change or we can be the victims of it.”

“A worldview that sees the earth as a resource to be plundered rather than a home to be cherished is a worldview that will ultimately lead to our own destruction.”

“Austerity is the weapon of the rich against the poor.”

“Privatization is a policy of plunder.”

“The problem isn't that we're not smart enough to solve our problems. The problem is that we're not kind enough.”

“The only thing that can save us is a massive, grassroots movement.”