A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
It is scary to live in the Obama era with its use of government to suppress dissent — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Silence is hereby outlawed. Silence breeds independent thought, which in turn breeds dissent. — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it. — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
“You do not win by struggling to the top of a caste system, you win by refusing to be trapped within one… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Managing dissent is about recognizing the value of disagreement, discord and difference. — Noreena Hertz 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
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
As many truths as men. Occasionally, I glimpse a truer Truth, hiding in imperfect simulacrums of itself, but as I approach, it… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
In addition to removing our democratically elected government, Israel wants to sow dissent among Palestinians by claiming that there is a serious… — Ismail Haniyeh Copy Share Image
What distinguishes exemplary boards is that they are robust, effective social systems . . .The highest performing companies have extremely contentious boards… — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Copy Share Image
This is America. Dissenting voices will continue to voice their dissent. Because they've read the operating instructions for the United States of… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
“The Reformed Presbyterian Churches of Scotland and Ireland are the only Churches within the British Dominions that take this position of political… — Various Copy Share Image
Of course, the new domestic paramilitary forces will also undermine free speech and dissent with the threat of force while simultaneously threatening… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and… — John Lindsay 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
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
... 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
It then becomes necessary to stop short and make a choice: Either/Or. Either one drifts with their absurd system of ideas, believing… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“Any government's condemnation of terrorism is only credible if it shows itself to be responsive to persistent, reasonable, closely argued, non-violent dissent.… — Arundhati Roy 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
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
“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
“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
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
“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
Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by… — Uta Hagen 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
