“Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.”— Edward Abbey
“It's a question of spreading the word. The polluters are a very small number of people. All we have to do is show the people what's happening, and they'll move to save their environment.”— Eddie Albert
“We do this because the world we live in is a house on fire and the people we love are burning.”— Sandra Cisneros
“After the H-bomb was developed, I felt we had to do something to stop the arms race. I and others proposed a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons.”— Hans Bethe
“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform.”— Susan B. Anthony
“I've always been a big advocate for animals. I think they are the most innocent things on the planet.”— Krista Allen
“The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot on the way to prison, who were tortured, who were kidnapped, who 'disappeared'. That's what the candle is for.”— Peter Benenson
“We wanted to show that opposition to the war was not confined to a few radicals on the coasts, but was a mainstream American sentiment.”— Sam Brown