Dissent Quote by Glenn Greenwald

No matter the specific techniques involved, historically mass surveillance has had several constant attributes. Initially, it is always the country’s dissidents and marginalized who…

— Glenn Greenwald

History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to stifle dissent.…

— Glenn Greenwald

“Contrary to the accepted premise—that radical dissent demonstrates a personality disorder—the opposite could be true: in the face of severe injustice, a refusal to…

— Glenn Greenwald

“mass surveillance kills dissent in a deeper and more important place as well: in the mind, where the individual trains him- or herself to…

— Glenn Greenwald

“Protection, therefore, against tyranny of the magistrate is not enough: there needs protection also against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling; against…

— John Stuart Mill

In religion, it is not the sycophants or those who cling most faithfully to the status quo who are ultimately praised. It is the…

— Rollo May

“I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh…

— William Lloyd Garrison

America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation.

— Henry Steele Commager

In America, you can segregate the people, but the problems will travel. From slavery to equal rights, from state suppression of dissent to crime,…

— June Jordan

It is dissent from government policies which defines the true Patriot

— Ron Paul

The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.

— Alice Walker

I find myself frequently placed where I dare give neither assent nor dissent to propositions that are submitted to me; for there is danger…

— Ellen G. White