Change Quote by Stan Van Gundy

“If protesting, do no harm to yourself or others. Peaceful protest is more effective when creating real change. Peaceful protest wins over the hearts…

— Leland Lewis

“Political change does not, and never has, come about through peaceful protest alone.”

— Cindy Milstein

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

— Layla Moran

The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.

— Barack Obama

“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

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

Protest is political. It is as political as what our conception of America is.

— DeRay Mckesson

Every journalist loves a peaceful protest -whether it makes news, shakes up a political season, or holds out the possibility of altering history.

— Nina Easton

I myself am a very, very peaceful person. Throughout our history, from our own American revolution to the resistance against apartheid in South Africa,…

— Tom Morello

Peaceful protest is a protected right of all Americans. However, protesters must respect private property rights, court orders and law enforcement personnel.

— Doug Burgum

“Protesting is never a disturbance of the peace. Corruption, injustice, war and intimidation are disturbances of the peace.”

— Bryant McGill

Violence from protesters themselves is extremely rare, but has been made into a talking point by those who stand to benefit from breaking the…

— Nate Powell