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Dissent Quotes by Alan Barth
- 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…
- Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions.
More Dissent Quotes
- 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… — 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… — Jacob Bronowski
- Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily… — Alan Barth
- I am a man who perceives life in a certain way, a man who rejects things that defecate on humankind, who rejects… — Harry Belafonte
- I could never divide myself from any man upon the difference of an opinion, or be angry with his judgment for not… — Thomas Browne
- That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where… — 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,… — Anne Hathaway
- Unlike top management at Enron, exemplary leaders reward dissent. They encourage it. They understand that, whatever momentary discomfort they experience as a… — 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… — H. L. Mencken