Democracy to me is letting the other person speak and…

“We have been gradually finding out that there is more democracy in letting a committee or representative ten to details than in making everybody's…

— Edward Pearson Pressey

He's never quite got the trick of conversation, tending to hear in dissenting views, however mild, a kind of affront, an invitation to mortal…

— Ian Mcewan

Recognize that dissenting opinions are useful even when they're wrong, and go out of your way to reward them.

— Adam Grant

Unlike lions and dogs, we are a dissenting animal. We need to dissent in the same way that we need to travel, to make…

— Carol Bly

You know, this entire industry, and its not just this industry, it's most people in media, come from one point of view. One. And…

— Will Cain

We must continually remind students in the classroom that expression of different opinions and dissenting ideas affirms the intellectual process. We should forcefully explain…

— Bell Hooks

Why the critics, like a flock of ducks, always move in perfect unison: Their authority with the public depends upon an appearance of unanimous…

— Edward Abbey

The modern progressive movement believes that dissenting language is objectionable, which then removes the brakes between anger and violence.

— Greg Gutfeld

Intolerance is natural and logical, for in every dissenting opinion lies an assumption of superior wisdom.

— Ambrose Bierce

“Having a dissenting opinion on movies, music, or clothes, or owning clever or obscure possessions, is the way middle-class people fight one another for…

— David McRaney

A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the…

— Eric Hoffer

My dissenting opinions, like my briefs, are intended to persuade. And sometimes one must be forceful about saying how wrong the Court's decision is.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

We need dissenting opinions, and we need people who aren't afraid to share them. The Biden administration doesn't want this.

— Brian Mast

Dissenting opinions are useful even when they're wrong. So instead of speaking to highly agreeable audiences, target suggestions to people with a history of…

— Adam Grant

“Why do they need to get science journal editors removed from their jobs because they dared to publish a dissenting paper? •    ”

— Alan Carlin