America Quote by Matt Bellamy

What is to prevent, say, an uprising?

— Suzanne Collins

Protest is best used when it's part of a strategy that involves escalating tactics that build pressure on targets.

— Alicia Garza

I understand politically that uprisings take place as a combination of spontaneity and preparation, not that preparation is more important than spontaneity.

— Vijay Prashad

The protest that we go to or the time that we stand up for someone or do the right thing - despite its difficulty...…

— Michael Arden

In the United States, revolts tends to be directed against specific situations, rarely against the social structure as a whole.

— Harold Rosenberg

In 70s America, protest used to be very effective, but in subsequent decades municipalities have sneakily created a web of 'overpermiticisation' - requirements that…

— Naomi Wolf

It was of limited usefulness to head great rallies. The government did not listen, and, soon enough, the tear gas and the muzzles of…

— Oliver Tambo

I just came from South Africa, a place that had been in a perpetual uprising since 1653, so the uprising had become a way…

— Hugh Masekela

“public statements condemning segregation, sharply worded telegrams to Washington, and meetings with White House officials—were demonstrably ineffectual. New and more dramatic measures were in…

— Stephen M. Ward

“Unrest urges us into action, make sure its in the right direction!”

— Erick "The Black Sheep" G

The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest.

— William O. Douglas

It's really important that we get rid of the idea that protest will create change. We don't realize that that kind of organizing worked…

— Grace Lee Boggs