Dissent Quote by Learned Hand Download Open image “In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.” — Learned Hand ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dissent Ends Heresy Risk Running
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
But there is yet another form of this hidden heresy, and, paradoxically, it can affect those who are proudest of their long-standing and unimpeachable… — Karl Rahner Copy Share Image
Keeping religion immune from criticism is both unwarranted and dangerous. — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
Mere unorthodoxy or dissent from the prevailing mores is not to be condemned. The absence of such voices would be a symptom of grave… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
In America, religious dissent is as vital as it is elusive. Like the secretions of the pituitary, the juices of dissent are essential to… — Edwin Gaustad Copy Share Image
Dissent is difficult. It can constitute a real dilemma for the person who disagrees. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
In every age the church is threatened by heresy, and heresy is bound up in false doctrine. It is the desire of all heretics… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
Silence - not dissent - is the one answer that leaders should refuse to accept. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Conservative political opinion in America cleaves to the tradition of the judge as passive interpreter, believing that his absolute loyalty to authoritative law is… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
When I say that a thing is true, I mean that I cannot help believing it... But...I do not venture to assume that my… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
'I beseech ye . . . , think that ye may be mistaken.' I should like to have that written over the portals of… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that ye may be mistaken." I should like to have that written over the portals… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a different face, if used by government determined to suppress… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
The spirit of liberty is the spirit of him who, near two thousand years ago, taught mankind that lesson it has never learned ... . — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
I had rather take my chance that some traitors will escape detection than spread abroad a spirit of general suspicion and distrust, which accepts… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
The successful competitor, having been urged to compete, must not be turned upon when he wins. — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
It is often hard to secure unanimity about the borders of legislative power, but that is much easier than to decide how far a… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Each one of us must in the end choose for himself how far he would like to leave our collective fate to the wayward… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you want to live a meaningfully better life, you're going to have to make the dangerous choice to dissent. A life lived meaningfully… — Umair Haque Copy Share Image
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The intolerant man will not rely on persuasion, or on the worth of the idea. He would deny to others the very freedom of… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
