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Effecting quotes focus on the deliberate work of creating real change, whether in an industry, a community, or personal life. This collection includes reflections from activists, union leaders, and thinkers who see effecting change as an active, ongoing responsibility. It is a motivating read for anyone trying to move an idea into action.

Effecting quotes emphasize that meaningful change rarely happens by accident; it takes deliberate, sustained effort. For more on turning ideas into results, browse our Change quotes collection.

Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026

Great
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Nov 07, 2020

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.

Abraham Lincoln

Gay
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Nov 07, 2020

American liberals have become addicted to the courtroom, relying on judges and lawyers rather than elected leaders and the ballot box, as the primary means of effecting their social agenda on everything from gay marriage to assisted suicide to the use of vouchers for private-school education.

Quotes by Neil Gorsuch

Earth
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Nov 07, 2020

If I choose to keep my opinions and my activism to myself, then I'm not effecting any change in my time here on Earth.

Quotes by Logan Browning

Diversity
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Nov 07, 2020

A lack of diversity permeates our industry, and SAG-AFTRA as an organization is committed to effecting change.

Quotes by Ken Howard

Feeling
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Nov 07, 2020

They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one man is as good as another;' a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory.

Quotes by James Fenimore Cooper

Fast
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Nov 07, 2020

But we must not try to drive the Indians too fast in effecting these changes.

Quotes by George Crook

Nov 07, 2020

Educate yourself, take the time to find out what is in a bill and how it will effect everything, and not just how it effects you in the short term, but what the long term consequences of a bill, law or legislations will have an everyone and every community, altimetry effecting you!

Quotes by David Pratt

Defeat
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Nov 07, 2020

Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their party entered and had effectively lost, before Nixon salvaged a non-Communist South Vietnam while effecting a complete American withdrawal.

Quotes by Conrad Black

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