Michel FoucaultDo not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable.
About This Quote
If a person is militant, he or she is a fighter. The word implies that one has a reason to be militant. Many people are militant for the wrong reasons. They have no reason to be militant and their only reason for being militant is that people hate them.
Other people are militant because they have been hurt. Because of pain, they feel angry and they don’t know what to do with their anger. In this quote, the author gives an idea on how one can be militant without it being because of someone else’s actions towards them.
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