Protest Quotes

474 quotes by 400 authors

The effect of sincerity is to give one's work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks… — Claude Monet
I'd been a child during the 1960s when women burned their bras and hundreds of thousands gathered in protests against the Vietnam War. As a… — Lynn Hill
In a world filled with hate, prejudice, and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice, and protest. — Bob Gibson
We like democracy because why? The pathologies of the U.S. version are so obvious in the aftermath of the latest averted crisis that we need… — Noah Feldman
Kids today do nothing. They're so apathetic. We used to go out and protest. All they do is shop and complain. — Douglas Coupland
I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer. — Nina Simone
After the rigged Iranian presidential elections in 2009, the Islamic regime attacked the 'humanities' as the main source of protests, the most effective tool used… — Azar Nafisi
Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness. — Leon Trotsky
You can holler, protest, march, picket and demonstrate, but somebody must be able to sit in on the strategy conferences and plot a course. There… — Whitney M. Young
The artist is always searching for the meaning of life, his own and that of mankind, searching for truth. A system of uncertainty has entered… — Bohuslav Martinu
A few modern philosopher's assert that an individual's intelligence is a fixed quantity, a quantity which cannot be increased. We must protest and react against… — Alfred Binet
That cry of the soul to be lifted out of the bondage of the narrow circle of life, which carries up to God the protest… — Hall Caine
My mother's illness fitted into this protest against the treatment of the sick who could not pay, the inefficiency of commercialism, the waste, the extravagance,… — Ellen Wilkinson
Just because your muscles start to protest, doesn't mean you have to listen. — Dianne Holum
Religion and race belong together. German man can only assimilate religious faith and religious thought with a German mind and in a German way. We… — Hans Schemm
If we don't pay attention to [nonviolent protests], they are invisible, and it's as if they never happened. But I have seen first hand that… — Julia Bacha
You are right, but the weakness does not come from the millions of Muslims in the world. They do not mind being radical, they have… — Abu Bakar Bashir
With all due respect, the fact is, we had four dead Americans! Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out… — Hillary Clinton
How dare the smooth talkers, the clever official blabbers, open their mouths and boast of progress. . . . Here they hold jubilant peace conferences… — Max Nordau
Animal life, sombre mystery. All nature protests against the barbarity of man, who misapprehends, who humiliates, who tortures his inferior brethren. — Jules Michelet

Who Wrote These Protest Quotes

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