23 Movie Quotes about Activism (Sound Clips)

Last updated on: August 19, 2025

Memorable quotes about activism, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 A little revolution, now and then, is a healthy thing, don't you think?

Sean Connery as Marko Ramius in The Hunt for Red October

2 A riot is an ugly thing und I think that it is just about time that we had one!

Quote from Young Frankenstein (1974)

3 We've got to fight for our trash, stand up for our slop, because when they take our goo, we've got to do. -Yeah, that's right. We've got to do.

Quote from The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

4 Stop global warming. Start global cooling. Make the world a giant icebox.

Danny Devito as The Penguin in Batman Returns (1992)

5 Two years ago, those women put up a fight to save a park statue that even the pigeons didn't want.

Quote from Mister Ed

6 We plant trees. Humans tear them up. The forest does not come back. If we kill the humans, we will save the forest.

Quote from Princess Mononoke

7 We are here to kill the humans and save the forest.

Quote from Princess Mononoke

8 Our top story, a tri-county bee, Barry Benson, is saying he intends to sue the human race for stealing our honey, packaging it and profiting from it illegally!

Quote from Bee Movie

9 Sir, why are you running? -Why are you running? -Are you doing this for world peace? -Are you doing this for the homeless?

Quote from Forrest Gump (1994)

10 We love freedom. We love independence, to feel, to question, to resist oppression.

Quote from Battlestar Galactica (1978)