35 Movie Quotes about Activism (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Updated: Mar 1, 2026

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.

11 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)

12 Welcome, troubled oppressed ones.

Deanna Oliver as The Brave Little Toaster in The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

13 I'm gonna spread this whole reeking business in every newspaper, on every network, group and affiliate in this country. I'm gonna make a lot of noise about this. -Great. We need all the press we can get.

William Holden as Max Schumacher in Network (1976)

14 We're not going to take this anymore! Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression, and the inflation, and the oil crisis, but first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out and yell and say it!

Peter Finch as Howard Beale in Network (1976)

15 Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it. How do you feel? -We're mad as hell and we're not going to take this anymore!

Faye Dunaway as Diana Christensen in Network (1976)

16 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

17 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)

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

Richard Hatch as Captain Apollo in Battlestar Galactica (1978)

19 Our friend Preach was a former gang member turned activist. But now he's just plain confused.

Shawn Wayans as Ashtray in Don't Be a Menace

20 Because no majority ever gave the minority a fair share of the loot without force.

James Earl Jones as Malcolm X in The Greatest (1977)