Protest Quotes

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I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too. No, sir, these, I protest you, are too hard for me. — Oliver Goldsmith
As a matter of fact student riots of one sort or another, protests against the order that is, kicks against college and university management indicate… — William Allen White
Most acts of assent require far more courage than most acts of protest, since courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation. — Nigel Dennis
It's like being a newborn, this sudden sensory overload of noise, color, smells and gravity after months of quietly floating, encased in relative calm and… — Chris Hadfield
I believe that if the silent majority were to protest against those who believe in irrational blind faith - who want to go backwards instead… — Taslima Nasrin
A truly English protest march would see us all chanting: 'What do we want? GRADUAL CHANGE! When do we want it? IN DUE COURSE! — Kate Fox
In a civilized and cultivated country wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen. the excellent people who protest against all… — Theodore Roosevelt
A day of grace is yet held out to us. Both North and South have been guilty before God; and the Christian Church has a… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
If the creatures with fur/feathers/fins are our brothers in a lower stage of development then their very weakness and inability to protest, demands that man… — Luther Burbank
I think O.J. protests too much. Not only did he say he didn't carve the holiday turkey, but he was in the back yard practicing… — David Letterman
Say did you read in the papers about a bunch of Women up in British Columbia as a protest against high taxes, sit out in… — Will Rogers
Neither when we have chosen our way can we keep company with those who go the other way. There must come with the decision for… — Charles Spurgeon
The teachers unions are the clearest example of a group that has lost its way. Whenever anyone dares to offer a new idea, the unions… — Albert Shanker
Men would bless you or curse you; The curse, a protest against failure, The blessing, a hymn of the hunter Who comes back from the… — Khalil Gibran
If you throw one stone, itâ€™s a punishable offence. If 1,000 stones are thrown, itâ€™s political action. If you set a car on fire, itâ€™s… — Ulrike Meinhof
There is a difference between criticizing people and criticizing a people's uninformed ideals. That is, unless one defines himself or others by their ideals, then… — Criss Jami
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
I think Nature, if she interests herself much about her children, must often feel that, like the miserable Frankenstein, with her experimenting among the elements… — James Anthony Froude
No revolution can ever succeed as a factor of liberation unless the MEANS used to further it be identical in spirit and tendency with the… — Emma Goldman
The people on the streets of Egypt and Tunisia and Libya and Syria and Iran have done more to defeat the ideology of Al Qaeda… — Reza Aslan

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