Progressive – Quotes

Viking women were able

Viking women were able to rule kingdoms, divorce husbands, own land, and Vikings were very progressive in terms of the rights of women. Gabriel Byrne

Stiffening the spine of

Stiffening the spine of progressive members of Congress is crucial. Ezra G. Levin

In America, we have to really be working on two fronts right now. Immediately, we have to be rising in resistance and protecting our Muslim brothers and sisters [and] every marginalized person under threat and siege. At the same time, we have to be planning and envisioning where we’re going. How we build moments and … Read more

I think what drives

I think what drives me is a sense of, well, who is going to do it if you don’t do it? I think that one of the things that we’ve seen over time, especially with progressive social movements, is most of them – it’s surprising to people – are sort of driven by that. Eugene … Read more

I grew up in

I grew up in a very progressive family and with a great educational system, and I asked myself, ‘Why doesn’t everybody have these opportunities for a good education? So why not give back to these kids who didn’t grow up with the same privileges I had? Erin Gruwell

When I was in

When I was in London I found house music and techno, and I love that s – t. It’s my go-to music. It’s the closest for me to the old funk of James Brown and the repetitive dance music that I like from the soul music. I’d love to do a live album, like a … Read more

Neurosis can be understood

Neurosis can be understood best as the battle between tendencies within an individual; deep character analysis leads, if successful, to the progressive solution. Erich Fromm

People always think that

People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line. There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas. Erica Jong

There is no place

There is no place for nostalgia in a progressive world. The new school not only ignores nostalgia, but condemns it. The world of yesterday is becoming an isolated world of remembrances and echoes so forbidden that, to decorate the present with it, you must often do so with a sense of humor or belong to … Read more

I think that people,

I think that people, despite my law enforcement background, view me as taking these consistently progressive stands, and I think that, philosophically, there is a desire to get at that person. But I think the stands I have taken are totally consistent with a person who is looking at things realistically, factually. Eric Holder