Activism Quote by Edward Abbey Download Open image “A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.” — Edward Abbey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Activism Country Dissent Government Patriot Patriotism Politics Protest Ready
A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A true patriot does not confuse government with country. A patriot's loyalty is to his country, and loyalty to country requires holding government accountable. — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
The true patriot scrutinizes the actions of his own government with unceasing vigilance. And when his government violates the morality and rightness associated with… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
From my fathers point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self interest for himself, his family, and the future of his… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Being a patriot doesn’t mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
To be a good patriot, a man must consider his countrymen as God's creatures, and himself as accountable for his acting towards them. — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
He that wishes to see his country robbed of its rights cannot be a patriot. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Except for the scale of the operation, there was nothing unusual about Hitler's massacre of the Jews. Genocide's an old tradition, as human as… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
By the age of eighteen, a human has acquired enough joy and heartache to provide the food of reflection for a century. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“Our institutions are too big; they represent not the best but the worst characteristics of human beings. By submitting to huge hierarchies of power,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
No man-made structure in all of American history has been hated so much, by so many, for so long, with such good reason, as… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Where all pretend to be thinking alike, it's likely that no one is thinking at all. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“But why, the questioner insists, why do people like you pretend to love uninhabited country so much? Why this cult of wilderness? Why the… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“Me, I'm living under a sword too, as Jack may have told you. An old wino's disease, which could lay me in the grave… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“All struggles against oppression in the modern woeld begin by redefining what had previously been consideered private, non-public and non-political issues as matters of… — Seyla Benhabib Copy Share Image
Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“It takes a female to have a baby, It takes a woman to raise a child, It takes a mother to raise them correctly,… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Paul Revere earned his living as a silversmith. But what do we remember him for? His volunteer work. All activism is volunteering in that… — Susan J. Ellis Copy Share Image
Being in service and being involved in something that is greater than you is what makes a person complete and whole. The very first… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
“The times do not call for grassroots political activism, as if the next election might be enough to reverse a massive cultural earthquake. They… — Paul D. Miller Copy Share Image
He went to Paris looking for answers to questions that bothered him so. He was impressive, young and aggressive, saving the world on his… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn't really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical times when… — Daphne Gottlieb Copy Share Image
There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
“Until you find a cause you can die for, you are not worthy to live.” — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
Ya'll know what you need to do? Get together, make a We Are The World record. — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
