Protest Quotes

474 quotes by 400 authors

There's a widespread cultural barrenness across art and political culture. But there are some pockets of resistance on the extreme margins, like the techno-savvy protest… — Alan Moore
We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races. — Robert Mugabe
Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so… — Lewis Mumford
We can't forget what happened on May 4th, 1970, when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful… — Graham Nash
In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty. — Phil Ochs
There is a legend. And to protest is daft. — Peter O'Toole
We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and… — A. Philip Randolph
Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken. — Joe Rogan
When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. — Bayard Rustin
What creates freedom? A revolution in the streets? Mass protest? Civil war? A change of government? The ousting of the old guard and its replacement… — Jonathan Sacks
The lady doth protest too much, methinks. — William Shakespeare
In the early 1980s, I burned my Social Security card at the New Orleans Investment Conference in protest of the state pension system. — Mark Skousen
Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has… — Lillian Smith
I think we're going to start to see a new model of civic advocacy where people get together once in a while to protest, but… — Alex Steffen
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. — Leonardo da Vinci
When people protest and are upset with a movie, it becomes a big hit. They hated Passion of The Christ, it worked out pretty well… — Denzel Washington
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never… — Elie Wiesel
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. — Elie Wiesel
I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason. — Elie Wiesel
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Who Wrote These Protest Quotes

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