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> [I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-simone/i-think-if-i-were-over-there-in-america-protest-music-would-be-more/)

[Nina Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-simone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/nina-simone-3396_america_i-think-if-i-were-over-there-in-america_2457812.png)

> [In 70s America, protest used to be very effective, but in subsequent decades municipalities have sneakily created a web of 'overpermiticisation' - requirements that were designed to stifle freedom of assembly and the right to petition government for redress of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-wolf/in-70s-america-protest-used-to-be-very-effective-but-in-subsequent/)

[Naomi Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-wolf/)

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