Dissent Quote by Benjamin Franklin Download Open image “It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” — Benjamin Franklin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dissent Independent thought Question Authority Responsibility
Anyone who takes responsibility for getting something done is welcome to ask for the authority to do it. — Seth Copy Share Image
It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too. — Taylor Mali Copy Share Image
We have the authority to take action, ... But responsible authority means not only being able to take action, but knowing when and how… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Flowers are the alphabet of angels, whereby they write on the hills and fields mysterious truths. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I have thought that wild flowers might be the alphabet of angels, — whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious truths, which it… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you want to live a meaningfully better life, you're going to have to make the dangerous choice to dissent. A life lived meaningfully… — Umair Haque Copy Share Image
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
I find myself frequently placed where I dare give neither assent nor dissent to propositions that are submitted to me; for there is danger… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
In America, you can segregate the people, but the problems will travel. From slavery to equal rights, from state suppression of dissent to crime,… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
“I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
In religion, it is not the sycophants or those who cling most faithfully to the status quo who are ultimately praised. It is the… — Rollo May 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 freedom of… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
“That there must be heresies is true, not onely in our Church, but also in any other; even in Doctrines hereticall there will be… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
