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9,045. In 1862 [Charles] Kingsley wrote the book he’s most famous for – The Water Babies ... He campaigned for improved sanitation and against the pollution of rivers. (Children & England & Campaign & Pollution & Philanthropy & Great Britain) Ian Hislop’s Age of the Do-Gooders II: Suffer the Little Children
6,172. My next fight would not be measured in rounds, but throughout a lifetime. It would sustain and fulfil me longer than anything in the cage could. My opponent, my fight, would be against the slipping aspects of American society. (Society & Fight & Campaign & Solidarity & United States of America) Cameron Conaway, Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
66,016. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
66,017. There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two. (Campaign & Leader) Bertolt Brecht
66,018. Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the US in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil. Noam Chomsky
66,019. You have to try to build support around causes. It is uniting to campaign on a single issue, and it is never just a single issue; it's always more than that. (Campaign & Cause) Tony Benn
66,020. The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. Adlai E Stevenson
66,021. If you’re sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign. George W Bush
66,022. I don’t make any apologies for what I do on the campaign trail. George W Bush
66,023. Do not run a campaign that would embarrass your mother. Robert C Byrd
97,487. Blair and New Labour thrive on pessimism … The antidote to pessimism is the understanding that we do make a difference. Blair didn’t scrap the Poll Tax – we did. New Labour didn’t end apartheid – we did. What keeps campaigners going is not a naïve faith that one sugary day we can make the world a better place, but the knowledge that defying authority already makes the world a better place. (Activism & Campaign & Solidarity & Pessimism & Labour Party) Mark Steel, Reasons to be Cheerful