"The dissenter is every human being at those……" — Archibald MacLeish

More Dissenter Quotes

This quote is filed under Dissenter Quotes, one of 11 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• Doctrines like Christianity or Islam or Marxism require unanimity of belief. One dissenter casts doubt on the creed of millions. — Edward Abbey
• I am myself a dissenter from all known religions, and I hope that every kind of religious belief will die… — Bertrand Russell
• The chief arguments that are urged against an established religion, may be used with equal force against an established charity.… — Herbert Spencer
• How could I be anything but a dissenter? Who wants the opinion of a group? — Saul Bellow
• What counts alone is the innovator, the dissenter, the harbinger of things unheard of, the man who rejects the traditional… — Ludwig von Mises
• More truly characteristic of dissent is a dignity, an elevation, of mood and thought and phrase. Deep conviction and warm… — Benjamin Cardozo
• It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter. — William Hazlitt
• If you want to stay in for the long haul, and lead a life that is free from illusions either… — Christopher Hitchens
• Margaret the Churchwoman, her father the Dissenter, Higgins the Infidel, knelt down together. It did them no harm. — Elizabeth Gaskell
• Man is certain of nothing but his ability to fail. It is the deepest faith we have, and the unbeliever-… — Ken Kesey

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