Dissent Quote by Ron Paul Download Open image “It is dissent from government policies which defines the true Patriot” — Ron Paul ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dissent Government Government policy Libertarian Patriot Policy Politics
The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government. — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries. — George Clooney Copy Share Image
The true patriot scrutinizes the actions of his own government with unceasing vigilance. And when his government violates the morality and rightness associated with… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
As I said before, [patriotism] is distinct from acting to benefit the government - a distinction that's increasingly lost today. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
What defines patriotism, for me, is the idea that one rises to act on behalf of one's country. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A true patriot does not confuse government with country. A patriot's loyalty is to his country, and loyalty to country requires holding government accountable. — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
Washington bureaucrats have classified the very air we exhale as a pollutant and have gone unchallenged in this incredible assertion. The logical consequence is… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
History has shown that the masses have been quite receptive to the promises of authoritarians which are rarely if ever fulfilled, — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The reality is that our military presence on foreign soil is as offensive to the people that live there as armed Chinese troops would… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Expect the rapidly expanding homeschooling movement to play a significant role in the revolutionary reforms needed to build a free society with Constitutional protections. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“Intellectually and compassionately explaining the reason freedom works is required for credibility.” — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Governments have nothing. They can't create anything, they never have. All they can do is steal from one group and give it to another… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I will veto any spending bill that contains funding for Planned Parenthood, facilities that perform abortion and all government family planning schemes. — Ron Paul 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 of the group's normative power to shape the opinions of the followers who conform without thinking things through, they are often taken at face value. The persistent minority forces the others to process the relevant information… — Anonymous Copy Share
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 that any words I may speak shall be reported as something that the Lord has given me. It is not always safe for me to express my own judgment; for sometimes when someone wishes to carry… — Ellen G. White Copy Share
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 as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a… — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share
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
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
“That there must be heresies is true, not onely in our Church, but also in any other; even in Doctrines hereticall there will be super-heresies, and Arians not onely divided from their Church, but also among themselves: for heads that are disposed unto Schisme...are naturally indisposed for a community, nor will ever be confined unto the order or oeconomy of… — Thomas Browne Copy Share
In sum, the Court's conclusion that a constitutionally adequate recount is impractical is a prophecy the Court's own judgment will not allow to be… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
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