"I don’t think of myself as a dissident,……" — Ha Jin

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• The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has… — Vaclav Havel
• I believe that it is only through empathy, that the pain experienced by an Algerian woman, a North Korean dissident,… — Azar Nafisi
• As the former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky one remarked -- referring to the Russian proverb to the effect that you cannot… — Margaret Thatcher
• It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II. — Kingman Brewster, Jr.
• Dissent is morally neutral. You can correctly call yourself a dissident because you like to kick puppies, but at the… — Jonah Goldberg
• The role of dissident is not, and should not be, a claim of membership in a communion of saints. In… — Christopher Hitchens
• In the last analysis, human security means a child who did not die, a disease that did not spread, an… — Mahbub ul Haq
• When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident. — Nawal El Saadawi
• There will always be dissident voices heard in the land, expressing opposition without alternatives, finding fault but never favor, perceiving… — John F. Kennedy
• Madonna Kolbenschlag suggest that if an awakened woman forgoes innocence and denial, if she refuses to make compromises with herself… — Sue Monk Kidd
• In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility. — Nelson Mandela
• A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy,… — Robert Sheckley

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