Protest Quotes

474 quotes by 400 authors

The more materialistic science becomes, the more angels shall I paint. Their wings are my protest in favor of the immortality of the soul. — Edward Burne-Jones
I DON'T smoke anymore, except on National No Smoking Day as a protest against those who want to control our lives. — Richard Littlejohn
The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed - where the government refuses… — Alex Kozinski
Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the basic principles of… — Margaret Chase Smith
Lots of people will protest that it's quite unreal and that I'm out of my mind, but that's just too bad — Claude Monet
We should not forget that our tradition is one of protest and revolt and that it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past.… — Henry Steele Commager
You should never protest outside a rich guy's home during the day because he's not there. He's at work grinding the faces of the poor. — Craig Ferguson
Against the vast majority of my countrymen, even at this moment, in the name of humanity and civilization, I protest against our share in the… — Bertrand Russell
Popular thought appeals to crowds, gatherings and tribes, who use it as a way to guide the herd. It is very evident in protests -… — Corey Taylor
As concerning football, I protest unto you that it may rather be called a friendly kind of fight than a play or recreation - a… — Philip Stubbs
One time he was asked if he believed in an afterlife. After a moment's hesitation he said no, that he thought there was only "some… — Winston Churchill
Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better. — Jane Bowles
I find the Doomsday picture Al Gore is painting - a six-meter sea level rise, fifteen times the IPCC number - entirely without merit...I protest… — Hendrik Tennekes
So, my fellow Christians, protest this film if you like, but then how about devoting some energy to fill the vacuum created by your retreat… — Cal Thomas
People might not protest for overtly political or social causes, but when they can't feed themselves and their family, they will take to the streets. — Marcus Samuelsson
Every good journalist is aware that his trade may one day go the way of phrenology-and, what's more, the population will hardly protest the extinction. — David Remnick
Thus if the First Amendment means anything in this field, it must allow protests even against the moral code that the standard of the day… — William O. Douglas
We manage to swallow flesh only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing that we do. Cruelty... is a fundamental sin,… — Rabindranath Tagore
Pornography is human imagination in tense theatrical action; its violations are a protest against the violations of our freedom by nature. — Camille Paglia
We must be learning if we are to feel fully alive, and when life, or love, becomes too predictable and it seems like there is… — Norman Doidge

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