Protest Quotes · Page 2

the mute protest in your own bones

— George Orwell

“Justice has a right to protest against injustice.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

“To riot or not to riot, that is the question.”

— Steven Magee

“Sometimes it's appropriate to scream at them.”

— Anonymous

The truest protest is beauty.

— Phil Ochs

“There’s much protest, but it falls on deaf ears.”

— David Levithan

I don't think there's any perfect way to protest.

— Megan Rapinoe

Portland has a proud history of protest.

— Ted Wheeler

“The fetal balls kicked in protest and turned, but they did not stir.”

— Hugh Howey

“Don’t go to the protest. Go out and get laid. Unless you’re going to the protest to get laid.”

— David Burr Gerrard

Other than Green Day, we haven't had a lot of protest music over the past few decades.

— Adam McKay

I'd like to win an Oscar and then refuse it so I can protest the way they've treated Marlon Brando.

— Michael Horse

I strongly support anyone's right to peacefully protest.

— Tate Reeves

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.

— Howard Zinn

Protests [against Donald Trump] four nights running.Thousands marching across the country.

— George Stephanopoulos

“Solving some problems requires less than half the energy or time it took to complain about them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Pressure and protest is fine, but using fear and threats to force politicians to sing to a certain tune will be the…

— Jess Phillips

Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of…

— Wendell Berry

Someone who wanted to challenge Orthodoxy would not be able to locate a building to hold a protest march in front of.…

— Frederica Mathewes-Green

One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the First Amendment.

— William O. Douglas

“Over 275,000 people had signed to end the construction of the TMT telescope at the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) by week 20…

— Steven Magee

The use of the Internet, the use of Twitter, the way protest movements developed... This is a different world.

— Anonymous

Men would bless you or curse you; The curse, a protest against failure, The blessing, a hymn of the hunter Who comes…

— Khalil Gibran

In some ways, calm bodily protest has a nakedness to it that may be deeply embarrassing for observers; an act not unlike…

— Michael Leunig

The weakness of so many modern Christians is that they feel to much at home in the world. In their effort to…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

Colorful demonstrations and weekend marches are vital but alone are not powerful enough to stop wars. Wars will be stopped only when…

— Arundhati Roy

I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch of women who were marching in a…

— Betty Friedan

An act of violence against any innocent person eludes moral justification, disgraces the millions of Americans and people throughout the world who…

— Benjamin Crump

The White House is dismissing these fiery town halls as the result of professional protesters. Well, that's exactly how President [Barack] Obama…

— Chuck Todd

The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want, you know? Without…

— Jonathan Meiburg

Nelson Mandela was a terrorist. And then he wins the world peace prize and becomes president of South Africa. That's how change…

— Tony Benn

Latin America can no longer tolerate being a haven for United States liberals who cannot make their point at home, an outlet…

— Ivan Illich

We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs…

— Molly Ivins

“For resistance to succeed, two boundaries must be crossed. First, ideas about change must engage people of various backgrounds who do not…

— Timothy Snyder

What about me?” Frances asked. “The butler,” Harriet replied without even a second of hesitation. Frances’s mouth immediately opened to protest. “No,…

— Julia Quinn

“We need a powerful sense of determination to banish the ugly blemish of racism scarring the image of America. We can, of…

— Martin Luther King Jr

How can you have in our country that is based upon liberality and liberation, be so anti-liberal. That's toxic waste to our…

— Jesse Jackson

I guess maybe my art can be said to be a protest. I see things a certain way, and as an artist…

— Nancy Spero

Google is reeling right now. This is the kind of thing, this is the kind of charge that just sends leftists up…

— Rush Limbaugh