Quotes about Dissent

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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. — Galileo Galilei
A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth. — Albert Einstein
We cannot play ostrich. Democracy just cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take ro — Thurgood Marshall
Our freedoms are vanishing. If you do not get active to take a stand now against all that is wrong while we still can, t — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Freiheit ist immer die Freiheit des AndersdenkendenFreedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks di — Rosa Luxemburg
You do not win by struggling to the top of a caste system, you win by refusing to be trapped within one at all. — Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth
But let it not be said that we did nothing. Let not those who love the power of the welfare/warfare state label the diss — Ron Paul
Struggles to coerce uniformity of sentiment in support of some end thought essential to their time and country have been — Robert H. Jackson
No man owns me. All man can do is practice the timeless, criminal art of threatening to separate my soul from her physic — Tiffany Madison
Censorship is alive and well in America. — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
An Act of Dissent is simply a way of saying, 'No, I do not accept this and, as my silence may be construed as acquiescen — Mark Thomas, 100 Acts of Minor Dissent
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and tha — Harry Truman
Today everybody is talking about the fact that we live in one world; because of globalization, we are all part of the sa — Howard Zinn, Artists in Times of War and Other Essays
What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the — Frederick Douglass
What do you mean by sound government?'Good public order, no corruption in high places, freedom from fear and war and cri — P.D. James
Whether for good or for bad, the Iran that ultimately rises out of the ashes of last summer's uprising will be unlike th — Reza Aslan
One of the juiciest pleasures of life is to be able to salute and embrace, as elected leaders and honored representative — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
Now I think that a true liberal will always prioritize individuals over the group, will always prioritize heresy over or — Maajid Nawaz
Ecologist Paul Ehrlich stressed that people who hold opposing opinions need to engage in open discussion with well-reaso — Marc Bekoff, Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed: The Fascinating Science of Animal Intelligence, Emotions, Friendship, and Conservation
Men and women...sill live together for centuries without agreeing on anything. — Girdhar Joshi, Some Mistakes Have No Pardon