Best Dissent Proverbs
219 Dissent quotes by 168 unique authors
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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
— Barbara Ehrenreich
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The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
— Eleanor Holmes Norton
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Societies without a reservoir of people who don't follow the rules lack an important mechanism for societal evolution. Vibrant societies need a dishonest minority; if…
— Bruce Schneier
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Many CEOs and leaders think that silence is indeed golden, that consensus is bliss. It is - sometimes. But more often what it signifies is…
— Margaret Heffernan
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I tell young teachers who are determined to dissent from some of the Draconian aspects of the current orthodoxy that the best form of protection…
— Jonathan Kozol
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The Democrats handle dissent by isolating it, smearing it and delegitimizing it in order to crush it.
— Monica Crowley
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Our young people - and adults - should be aware that considerable dissent exists in the scientific world regarding the validity of molecules-to-man evolution.
— Ken Ham
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Managing dissent is about recognizing the value of disagreement, discord and difference.
— Noreena Hertz
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I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.
— Rebecca MacKinnon
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If a leader comes to office in a seemingly fair election and tolerates dissent, he or she qualifies for our seal of approval.
— Stephen Kinzer
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The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.
— Malcolm Gladwell
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What does it mean to truly believe in America? To wave a flag? Or to struggle toward a more searching alternative to the shallowness of…
— Rick Perlstein
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There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that…
— John Lindsay
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In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned.
— Natan Sharansky
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The fundamentalist mind, running in a single rut for fifty years, is now quite unable to comprehend dissent from its basic superstitions, or to grant…
— Henry Louis Mencken
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Hey your so smart well once you tell the definiton of braggadocio and...Acclaim Accolade Adamant Advocate Affable Alienate Altruistic Ambiguous Amity Anarchy Apathy Appease Asperity…
— MrAwesome
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You don't need to be Catholic to be Catholic anymore. If you dissent, you don't get out. Martin Luther looks like a prince compared to…
— Unknown Author
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A free society cherishes nonconformity. It knows that from the non-conformist, from the eccentric, have come many of the great ideas of freedom. Free society…
— Henry Steele Commager
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My son is someone who wants to be a writer. My sons been writing for a long time, since he was 14, and hes a…
— Laurence Fishburne
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