I'm kind of perverse in that I think pessimism is helpful. My pessimism is my own kind of patriotism. My dissent. — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience. — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent. — Jim Leach Copy Share Image
growth requires purposeful division. Responsible dissent is the essence of democracy. — Abigail McCarthy Copy Share Image
Silence - not dissent - is the one answer that leaders should refuse to accept. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
This is an amazing country, for all of its faults. My feeling is, dig in and let's try to change the world.… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
The intolerant man will not rely on persuasion, or on the worth of the idea. He would deny to others the very… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
“the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Freiheit ist immer die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden Freedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks differently.” — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
Once you start choking the space for dissent in a democracy, people feel pushed to the wall and then it leads to… — Mehbooba Mufti Copy Share Image
Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs in business and government, it also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion,… — Don Tapscott Copy Share Image
“Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.” Jacob Bronowski in… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
The use of 'conspiracy theory' as a derogatory - as an epithet almost - is something the propagandists have perfected over the… — Chris Sanders Copy Share Image
I find myself frequently placed where I dare give neither assent nor dissent to propositions that are submitted to me; for there… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurship rests on a theory of economy and society. The theory sees change as normal and indeed as healthy. And it sees… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I understand that unless you have a government of laws, rather than a government of people, you cannot protect dissent. And I… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
... the outcome of the Clarence Thomas hearings and his subsequent appointment to the Supreme Court shows how misguided, narrow notions of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
As the work progresses the careful reader will insert mental interrogation points here and there. He will find that his interest increases… — John Bates Clark Copy Share Image
It is not simply the individual who benefits from and is protected by rights, but the society as a whole. Protected freedoms… — David Wong Copy Share Image
Even when alternative views are clearly wrong, being exposed to them still expands our creative potential. In a way, the power of… — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
America can restore its strengths as the world-respected land of opportunity by returning to open-society principles. An open society invests in people… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
When you dig down, people are pretty progressive, by and large. I guess, I've said it many times - that a lot… — Tom Harkin Copy Share Image
Free thought means fearless thought. It is not deterred by legal penalties, nor by spiritual consequences. Dissent from the Bible does not… — George Holyoake Copy Share Image
Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Struggles to coerce uniformity of sentiment in support of some end thought essential to their time and country have been waged by… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
“Very often the test of one's allegiance to a cause or to a people is precisely the willingness to stay the course… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Comedy as dissent or any art form as dissent is going to be our last safety valve. — Varun Grover Copy Share Image
Tolerance of dissent is the hallmark of a mature party, and it is well past time for the Republican Party to grow… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey. — John Charles Polanyi Copy Share Image
When you would suffocate or ignore dissent, remember how many times you dissented. — Fausto Cercignani Copy Share Image
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Passionate dissent from the will of the multitude should be respected, not derided. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Looking at God instantly reduces our disposition to dissent from our brother. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The time appears to me to have come when it is the duty of all to make their dissent from religion known. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
