Backgrounds Quote by Tim Soutphommasane

“Protesting often times takes a stance of offense; a form of violence that may not always be physical but is a form of violence…

— Eric Overby

No-one wants to see violence of any kind on our streets, certainly not any violence that's justified by extreme nationalist ideas or that targets…

— Tim Soutphommasane

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

— Doug Burgum

There are many avenues to peacefully protest, but those rights don't extend to illegal actions, breaching security perimeters, and threatening police officers.

— Dan Donovan

Citizens who live or work near protest sites or marches have every right to be free of violence from protesters, and they should never…

— Naomi Wolf

You can't fine somebody for a peaceful protest.

— Davante Adams

You have a right to protest. But I don't quite understand why anybody thinks it's a good idea to deny somebody else the right…

— Bernie Sanders

Only RELIGION is capable of inspiring people to be too hypersensitive to tolerate a word against their ideologies and misplaced beliefs, but insensitive enough…

— Steve Fowler

It is important to keep protesting, to keep forcing a conversation in the public arena. In any case, when you know what the right…

— Viggo Mortensen

There might be a small minority which does not protest peacefully. But the majority does it. And if you then fire with tear gas…

— Weston McKennie

I think every person in a group has a right to protest something and not like something. I always find it to be interesting…

— Ryan T. Murphy

People keep framing this as a religious freedom issue, but there's a difference between practising your religion - which everyone has the right to…

— Pat Condell