Dissent Quotes

219 quotes by 169 authors

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. — Edward Abbey
The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang… — Roseanne Barr
Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime. — Jacob Bronowski
Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if… — Jacob Bronowski
Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. Criticism and… — Alan Barth
I am a man who perceives life in a certain way, a man who rejects things that defecate on humankind, who rejects anything that will… — Harry Belafonte
I could never divide myself from any man upon the difference of an opinion, or be angry with his judgment for not agreeing with me… — Thomas Browne
That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the… — Learned Hand
There are people who've said that I'm being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption... With all due respect, I humbly dissent.… — Anne Hathaway
Unlike top management at Enron, exemplary leaders reward dissent. They encourage it. They understand that, whatever momentary discomfort they experience as a result of being… — Warren G. Bennis
America was born of revolt, flourished on dissent, became great through experimentation. — Henry Steele Commager
[The] erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken… — H. L. Mencken
No matter how vast your knowledge or how modest, it is your own mind that has to acquire it. It is only with your own… — Ayn Rand
I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for… — Joseph Goebbels
As the work progresses the careful reader will insert mental interrogation points here and there. He will find that his interest increases as the interrogation… — John Bates Clark
I must dissent emphatically from any proposal to spend any money on preparing a statue of me, more especially at a time when people do… — Mahatma Gandhi
Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by continuous probing, prodding,… — Uta Hagen
The mission of the Gestapo expanded steadily as from 1933 onward, "political criminality" was given a much broader definition than ever before and more forms… — Sheila Fitzpatrick
It is easier to silence scientific dissent by utilizing the politics of personal destruction, than to actually debate them on the merits of their arguments.… — Mike Thompson

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