The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual. — Friedrich Durrenmatt Copy Share Image
“The gramophone keeps reiterating a statement about life with which I do not agree.” — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
Managing dissent is about recognizing the value of disagreement, discord and difference. — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.” — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“And in every instance, the motive is the same: suppressing dissent and mandating compliance.” — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The Democrats handle dissent by isolating it, smearing it and delegitimizing it in order to crush it. — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
Words no longer have meaning if an Exchange that is not established by a State is "established by the State". — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
“Dissent is most controversial during wartime because it is cast as unpatriotic and dangerous to the national cause. But that is precisely… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
When a government is in fear of dissent from its own citizens, and when its reaction is to shut out that dissent,… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
The writing you allude to is a form of dissent, but it's also expressive of the need to evolve beyond what is… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
The humanities teach us the value, even for business, of criticism and dissent. When there's a culture of going along to get… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
Though we are politically enemies, yet with regard to Science it is presumable we shall not dissent from the practice of civilized… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
I must dissent emphatically from any proposal to spend any money on preparing a statue of me, more especially at a time… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Neither with those nor with the others, with all I agree and dissent; in all part of truth and part of error… — Michael Servetus Copy Share Image
When governments go too far to punish people for actions that are dissent rather than a real threat to the nation, they… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“One of the juiciest pleasures of life is to be able to salute and embrace, as elected leaders and honored representatives, people… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
This kind of totalization of security consciousness [after tragedy of 9/11] has the effect within classrooms (and beyond) of constraining the imagination… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
Look at the global warming issue. Why are the left so angry? They appear to be getting everything they want. The Pope's… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Dissent is the cousin of diversity; the respect for a wide range of beliefs. This begins by allowing people the space to… — Peter Block Copy Share Image
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Bad news drives out good news. The irrational is more controversial than the rational. Concurrence can no longer compete with dissent. One… — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“But it would be about tolerating dissent. Now, movies or plays, pieces of art about dissent, they always, I think, flatter the… — Thomas E. Woods Jr Copy Share Image
But let it not be said that we did nothing. Let not those who love the power of the welfare/warfare state label… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“Sooner or later, all talk among foreigners in Pyongyang turns to one imponderable subject. Do the locals really believe what they are… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“In the early years of contemporary feminist movement, solidarity between women was often equated with the formation of "safe" spaces where groups… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
Political dissension is doubtless a less evil than the lethargy of despotism: but still it is a great evil, and it would… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Realization of this need means adults must awaken to the urgency of the young people's unrest-in other words there must be created… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Kaka beat Fletcher to the ball, and headed it past Heinze as the Argentine sought to close him down. Heinze could still… — Henry Winter Copy Share Image
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