"The noble title of "dissident" must be earned……" — Christopher Hitchens
"The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement."
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- In the history of Wikileaks, nobody has claimed that the material being put out is not authentic. — Julian Assange
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- Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise. — Winston Churchill
- Much of what Tea Party candidates claimed about the world and the global economy during the 2010 elections would have… — Eric Alterman
- The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God. — Susan B. Anthony
- Many statements about God are confidently made by theologians on grounds that today at least sound specious. Thomas Aquinas claimed… — Carl Sagan
- With typical arrogance, the Anglos claimed to cherish freedom of speech but failed to recognize this right for anyone but… — Unknown Author
- It is often claimed that knowledge multiplies so rapidly that nobody can follow it. I believe this is incorrect. At… — Edward Teller
- And all of these together, as much as any campaign the Marine Corps has ever pursued, have brought an unrelenting,… — Jim Webb
- If there is a mystical chord in democracy, it probably revolves around the notion that unexpected music can resonate from… — William Greider
- Science is only truly consistent with an atheistic worldview with regards to the claimed miracles of the gods of Judaism,… — Lawrence M. Krauss