24 Movie Quotes about Activism (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Sep 24, 2025

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

1 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.

Mandy Patinkin as Huxley in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

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

Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein (1974)

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

Danny DeVito as The Penguin in Batman Returns (1992)

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

Allan Lane as Mister Ed in Mister Ed

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

Billy Crudup as Ashitaka in Princess Mononoke

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

Billy Crudup as Ashitaka in Princess Mononoke

7 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!

Jerry Seinfeld as Barry B. Benson in Bee Movie

8 George, all I ask is that you look around and see what your job is making you do. No job is worth destroying the lives of innocent creatures. See for yourself.

Penny Singleton as Jane Jetson in Jetsons: The Movie (1990)

9 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

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

Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump (1994)

24 Movie Quotes about Activism (+ Sound Clips)

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