Dissent Quote by Thomas Jefferson Download Open image “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. [Misattributed]” — Thomas Jefferson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dissent Form Freedom of speech Inspirational Patriotism
If what your country is doing seems to you practically and morally wrong, is dissent the highest form of patriotism? — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: 'Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.' — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
The word patriotism, or its equivalents and derivations, is upon everyone's lips at the present time. It is a magic word which is thought… — Ernest Belfort Bax Copy Share Image
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism, and I intend to continue to push my country to respect the rights of all its citizens.… — Linda Sarsour Copy Share Image
During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.” — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, our history has abundant examples of patriotism being used to hurt those who express views in disagreement with that of the majority. — Vic Snyder Copy Share Image
Patriotism is a survival from barbarous times which must not only be evoked and educated but which must be eradicated by all means -… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
A man has a right to use a saw, an axe, a plane, separately; may he not combine their uses on the same piece… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Perceiving the order of nature to be that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue, I am willing to hope it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The two principles on which our conduct towards the Indians should be founded are justice and fear. After the injuries we have done them,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,… — Thomas Jefferson 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
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… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image