Best Dissent Lines

219 Dissent quotes by 168 unique authors

In a dead religion there are no more heresies. — Andre Suares
It is easy and dismally enervating to think of opposition as merely perverse or actually evil -- far more invigorating to see it as essential… — Jill Tweedie
You must know the difference between dissent from the Iraq war and the war on terror and undermining it. And any American that undermines that… — Bill O'Reilly
What we need is a rebirth of satire, of dissent, of irreverence, of an uncompromising insistence that phoniness is phony and platitudes are platitudinous. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrified in the… — Will Durant
And here and now we must insist again that fidelity, honor, and love of country demand untrammeled debate and open dissent. At no time is… — John F. Kerry
A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience. — Barbara Deming
By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government. — Todd Akin
Though we are politically enemies, yet with regard to Science it is presumable we shall not dissent from the practice of civilized people in promoting… — John Hancock
More truly characteristic of dissent is a dignity, an elevation, of mood and thought and phrase. Deep conviction and warm feeling are saying their last… — Benjamin Cardozo
We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. We must… — Thurgood Marshall
A black conservative is a black who dissents from the victimization explanation of black fate. — Shelby Steele
Others -- as most legislators, politicians, lawyers, ministers, and office-holders -- serve the state chiefly with their heads; and, as they rarely make any moral… — Henry David Thoreau
The press exerts the pressure of dissent on officials otherwise inclined to rest content with the congratulations of their retainers. — Bill Vaughan
The intolerant man will not rely on persuasion, or on the worth of the idea. He would deny to others the very freedom of opinion… — Robert Kennedy
The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual. — Friedrich Durrenmatt
Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
If you believe in your heart that you are right, you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish… — Linda Ellerbee
Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent. — Gary Hamel
In addition to removing our democratically elected government, Israel wants to sow dissent among Palestinians by claiming that there is a serious leadership rivalry among… — Ismail Haniyeh
It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter. — William Hazlitt
So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most… — Jim Hightower
A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. — Eric Hoffer
Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. — Hubert H. Humphrey

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