Dissent Quotes

It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.

I am a man who perceives life in a certain way, a man who rejects things that defecate on humankind, who rejects anything that will not give people room for dissent.

If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

Not only is the Kyoto approach to global warming wrong-headed, the climate change establishment's suppression of dissent and criticism is little short of a scandal. The IPCC should be shut down.

We may be so eager to protect the right to dissent that we lose sight of the difference between dissent and subversion.

In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation.

The highest form of patriotism is dissent.

Silence - not dissent - is the one answer that leaders should refuse to accept.

Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions.

Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension.

Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent.

Neither with those nor with the others, with all I agree and dissent; in all part of truth and part of error must be seen.

It's much easier to make jokes about sensitive issues if there is some dissent, some conflict.

Democratic dissent is not disloyalty, it is a positive civic duty.

When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies.

Truth is dissent, where all power resides in the Big Lie.

I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.

A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.

I can't wait until dissent is patriotic again.

Lonely dissent doesn't feel like going to school dressed in black. It feels like going to school wearing a clown suit.

When you would suffocate or ignore dissent, remember how many times you dissented.

If what your country is doing seems to you practically and morally wrong, is dissent the highest form of patriotism?

It is necessary to ensure that the requirement to combat terrorism is not used to clamp down on freedom of expression, legitimate dissent, freedom of association and so on.

Research shows that the deciscions of a group as a whole are more thoughtful and creative when there is minority dissent than when it is absent.

The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang out with politicians.

The right to dissent is the only thing that makes life tolerable for a judge of an appellate court... the affairs of government could not be conducted by democratic standards without it.

He's the President—it's the responsibility of every citizen to criticize aggressively when they think it's warranted.

It's common to go from 'crashing the gate' to guarding it.

I personally am inclined to approach [housework] the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must not walk in fear of one another. We must not be driven by fear into an age of unreason.

Whether history will judge this war to be different or not we cannot say. But this we can say with certainty: A government and a society that silences those who dissent is one that has lost its way.

Dissent is not sacred; the right of dissent is.

True poetry ought to be secret and clandestine, concealed like a prohibited voice of dissent, while at the same time it should speak to everyone.

It is scary to live in the Obama era with its use of government to suppress dissent

Tolerance of dissent is the hallmark of a mature party, and it is well past time for the Republican Party to grow up.

This is an amazing country, for all of its faults. My feeling is, dig in and let's try to change the world. Dissent is not only your right, it's your duty.

For the sake of my country, and perhaps a little for the sake of my soul, I have given up the deep peace of being in opposition.

They're called 'facts', and my role is to amplify those, not cheerlead. And I don't care at all what you think of my motives.

growth requires purposeful division. Responsible dissent is the essence of democracy.

MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in dissuading from dissent.

[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places where our ideas are in conflict.

Liberation movements - operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially - thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.

The press exerts the pressure of dissent on officials otherwise inclined to rest content with the congratulations of their retainers.

Feminism is dead. The movement is absolutely dead. The women's movement tried to suppress dissident voices for way too long. There's no room for dissent.

As many truths as men. Occasionally, I glimpse a truer Truth, hiding in imperfect simulacrums of itself, but as I approach, it bestirs itself & moves deeper into the thorny swamp of dissent.

Silence is hereby outlawed. Silence breeds independent thought, which in turn breeds dissent.

Intolerance of dissent is a well-noted feature of the American national character.