Tim DeChristopher famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If we want to change that status quo, we might have to work outside of those rules because the legal pathways available to us have been structured precisely to make sure we donâ€™t make any substantial change.
-- Tim DeChristopher

#Work Out #Want #Might
This is not going away. At this point of unimaginable threats on the horizon, this is what hope looks like. In these times of a morally bankrupt government that has sold out its principles, this is what patriotism looks like. With countless lives on the line, this is what love looks like, and it will only grow.
-- Tim DeChristopher

#Government #Going Away #Horizon
Civil disobedience is an act of love.
-- Tim DeChristopher

#Acts Of Love #Disobedience #Civil Disobedience
We need actions that are really coming from people's souls.
-- Tim DeChristopher

#People #Soul #Needs
I would never go to jail to protect animals or plants or wilderness. For me, itâ€™s about the people.
-- Tim DeChristopher

#Animal #Jail #People
With a nonviolent movement we are still inviting a strong reaction from the government or ruling authorities. We are inviting a powerful reaction against ourselves. But it undermines the moral legitimacy of our current government. That is the path we need to pursue. Rather than reinforcing their legitimacy we need to undermine their legitimacy.
-- Tim DeChristopher

#Strong #Powerful #Government
Until our leaders take seriously their responsibility to pass on a healthy and just world to the next generation, I will continue this fight.
-- Tim DeChristopher

#Responsibility #Fighting #Leader
We think we have no power when in fact we have more than enough power.
-- Tim DeChristopher

#Thinking #Facts #Enough
Alienation is perhaps the most effective tool of control in America, and every reminder of our real connectedness weakens that tool.
-- Tim DeChristopher

#Real #America #Tools
The reality is not that I lack respect for the law; it's that I have greater respect for justice.
-- Tim DeChristopher

#Reality #Law #Justice
What one person can do is to plant the seeds of love and outrage in the hearts of a movement. And if those hearts are fertile ground, those seeds of love and outrage will grow into a revolution.
-- Tim DeChristopher

#Heart #Movement #Revolution

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