Quote by Dan Rather

“We need the mass movements, we need people to get together and march, or even just stand in one place, not only for those…

— Lauren Elkin

“Every American should feel free to express an informed opinion—to protest peacefully, to convey frustration and even anger in a constructive way. That’s what…

— Historica Press

“What we require is a balance between protest and stability. This is never easy to obtain but is worth attempting, because we know that…

— James MICHENER

Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show us America's…

— Shawn Amos

Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities…

— Wendell Berry

“Protesting often times takes a stance of offense; a form of violence that may not always be physical but is a form of violence…

— Eric Overby

“I wondered if anybody thought what we were doing was unpatriotic. It was weird. Thinking that to protest was somehow un-American. That was bullshit.…

— Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

When I think about protest, I worry so much that people think about it only as standing in the streets. And I say that…

— DeRay Mckesson

The road toward equality of freedom is not easy, and great cost and danger march alongside us. We are committed to peaceful and nonviolent…

— Robert Kennedy

America's bastions of free thought have become hubs of suppression. If you're on the left, riot in the streets without repercussion. But if you're…

— Kayleigh McEnany

“(The protest leaders’ responses that a democracy has ceased to be democratic when its representatives must be shielded from the people they represent went…

— Nathan Hill

“I see protest as a genuine means of encouraging someone to feel the inconsistencies, the horror, of the lives we are living. Social protest…

— Audre Lorde