Dissident Quotes

25 quotes by 20 authors

The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has no desire for office and… — Vaclav Havel
I believe that it is only through empathy, that the pain experienced by an Algerian woman, a North Korean dissident, a Rwandan child or an… — Azar Nafisi
As the former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky one remarked -- referring to the Russian proverb to the effect that you cannot make an omlette without breaking… — Margaret Thatcher
It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II. — Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Dissent is morally neutral. You can correctly call yourself a dissident because you like to kick puppies, but at the end of the day, you're… — Jonah Goldberg
The role of dissident is not, and should not be, a claim of membership in a communion of saints. In other words, the more fallible… — Christopher Hitchens
In the last analysis, human security means a child who did not die, a disease that did not spread, an ethnic tension that did not… — Mahbub ul Haq
When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident. — Nawal El Saadawi
There will always be dissident voices heard in the land, expressing opposition without alternatives, finding fault but never favor, perceiving gloom on every side and… — John F. Kennedy
Madonna Kolbenschlag suggest that if an awakened woman forgoes innocence and denial, if she refuses to make compromises with herself and defect to patriarchy, then… — Sue Monk Kidd
In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility. — Nelson Mandela
A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal… — Robert Sheckley
I donâ€™t think of myself as a dissident, and Iâ€™m more of an immigrant than an exile, — Ha Jin
Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation. — William O. Douglas
There's plenty of stuff that I don't feel dissident about: I really like tea, I don't have any problem with that. I like lots of… — China Mieville
A snappy label and a manifesto would have been two of the very last things on my own career want list. That label enabled mainstream… — William Gibson
I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is, well, power, so… — Susan Orlean
The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement. — Christopher Hitchens
If you are creative, you must be dissident. — Nawal El Saadawi
You do not become a ''dissident'' just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by… — Vaclav Havel

Who Wrote These Dissident Quotes

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