Courage Quote by Mary Daly

“Much protest is naive; it expects quick, visible improvement and gives up when such improvement does not come. Protestors who hold out longer have…

— Wendell Berry

Protest is when I say this does not please me. Resistance is when I ensure what does not please me occurs no more.

— Ulrike Meinhof

The more one has suffered, the less one demands. To protest is a sign one has traversed no hell.

— Emile M. Cioran

I am mindful that the goal of protest is not more protest, but the goal of protest is change.

— DeRay Mckesson

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it. It is a corrective to the sluggishness of…

— Howard Zinn

There is a vast need for all types of protest today, whether it be civil disobedience, or whether it be on a - more…

— William Kunstler

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

Looking back on the Tiananmen movement, it is striking how modest the protesters' demands were: an end to press censorship and restrictions on demonstrations;…

— Tom Malinowski

“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

Protesting is a fundamental aspect of our democracy, and I will always encourage this course of action, but it can be intimidating.

— Layla Moran

“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

The power of protest depends not only on how many turn out, but also on what legislative, judicial, and civil society institutions exist to…

— Cynthia P. Schneider