Deray McKesson famous quotes

It's important that people press from the outside. It's important that people are able to make change from the inside. Both of those things are important. Protest is fundamentally a political act.
-- Deray McKesson

#People #Political #Important

I've seen optimism because I grew up in communities of recovery where people put their lives back together and find tomorrows that they didn't think would be there. That fundamentally changed my life and is so much of where my hope comes from.
-- Deray McKesson

#Recovery #Thinking #People

I don't want to live in a world where Donald Trump is the President. He is not doing anything in Baltimore, but I am dedicated to using whatever platform I have to make sure that he is not the President. This is not simply a disagreement about ideas. It's a disagreement about values, and the values that he espouses are values of bigotry and hate, and that isn't OK.
-- Deray McKesson

#Hate #President #World

Leadership means making sure that people are adequately skilled, making sure people are earning a living wage, making sure people have access to resources. That's not sexy, it doesn't sound great at a rally or a forum, but that is actually the work that it will take to change cities. We know that.
-- Deray McKesson

#Sexy #Mean #People

Donald Trump is dangerous. The truth is that the bigotry and hatred that he speaks have real consequences in people's lives.
-- Deray McKesson

#Real #Hatred #Speak

When our response to all trauma is to call the police, then that gets us into a cycle of perpetuating trauma. Mental health trauma is different from somebody breaking into a store. Those are not the same things, and our response has to be different.
-- Deray McKesson

#Police #Different #Mental Health

So much of what people think about when they think about health is primary care, but health is so much more than that. Health is about the decisions you make everyday. It's about where you sleep. It's about are you exercising, it's about what you eat.
-- Deray McKesson

#Sleep #Exercise #Thinking

Not only do we need to focus on classrooms, but adult literacy is a huge issue in historically marginalized communities. That's a crisis, and it's one that you can't see.
-- Deray McKesson

#Focus #Community #Classroom

The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be wrong is a man of principle; while he who from time to time adapts his opinions to the changing circumstances of life is an opportunist.

A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station.

Political development should start at the grassroots.

The current political tension is very serious. We have not yet ruled out a boycott of the election.

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.

When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.

Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.