Best 182 quotes in «protest quotes» category

By that time [1966], we did begin to get some protests [against Vietnam War]. But not from liberal intellectuals; they never opposed the war.

Che is not just a potent figure of protest, but the idealistic, questioning kid who exists in every society and every time.

Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest.

For order represents our fear and nervousness. We create ordered interiors as a protest over the passing of things, to define our mortal lives against the void of time.

I do not know of any salvation for society except through eccentrics, misfits, dissenters, people who protest.

Every new invention has been a protest of genius against the masses.

He ate a pear. It was a hard one. It fought back against his grinding teeth. It snapped in juicy protest.

If the will remains in protest, it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against.

I pulled the trigger twice, cutting off his protests, and Finn joined my lover on the floor.

I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or driven into the question of slavery, in either of its subdivisions or forms.

I grew up in the American South and came of age in the 1960s, an incredibly turbulent time. It was as if the seams of American life were being ripped apart with riots and protests.

In Maidan Square right now, you see thousands of Ukrainians protesting the Russian occupation of Crimea. So this is a Russian protest by Ukrainians who want their sovereignty. They want their freedom and they're protesting what Russia did in Crimea.

In my definition I am a protest writer, with restraint.

I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat.

It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.

I think constitutional and lawful protest has a very real value.

It is better to protest than to accept injustice.

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it.

It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach.

My heart is a protest that I let rally against my ribs.

I think students ought to have the right to protest, but not to the point of anarchy.

Of course, I'd welcome protest. Good criticism is hard to find.

Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - IS innately disruptive of “business as usual.” That is WHY it is effective.

Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is always in the hope of those injustices being somewhat corrected and a little more justice established.

She didn't protest as Hale slid his arm around her and pulled her to rest against his chest. It was somehow softer there than she remembered.

That's all nonviolence is - organized love.

My noisy denunciation trails off in doubt.

Really, I protest-what is left for the satirical mind to invent when reality so surpasses it?

The truest protest is beauty.

The overwhelming female protest to the presidential election perhaps is an accurate indicator of how essential it is to understand women, the issues they face, and the need to address women's rights, not just nationally, but globally.

They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better.

We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.

We must never allow September 11th to become a time for protest and division. Instead, this day must remain a time for promoting peace and mutual respect.

To protest free speech in the name of protecting women is dangerous and wrong.

We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.

We will not keep silent, even if the Formula One is taking place. We will protest for human rights and freedom.

We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races.

What are you doing?” she cried in protest. “Playing,” he said, the single word rough, almost guttural.

We protest against unjust criticism but we accept unarmed applause.

What if someone comes?" I half-heartedly protest. "No one's coming here but you.

Woodstock was both a peaceful protest and a global celebration.

Anger is a gift. Remember that." She stood. "You gotta grasp onto it, hold it tight and use it as ammunition. You use that anger to get things done instead of just stewing in it.

And sometimes the difference between individual and organized indignation is the difference between criminal and political action.

And then they started deleting the protest reviews. That was my line. When they started to stamp out dissent, actually to make it disappear with virtually no excuse for doing so...that’s not neglect. That’s not an overwhelmed person or people trying to figure it out. That’s an entity that has decided that they do not care, that they have moved on from the issue, do not see it as an issue, and is trying to avoid bad press. Or they are too far down the line to backtrack on what they’ve been doing and save face. They’re content with their wildly inconsistent policy enough to no longer care what effect it is having on their user base. If you try to silence dissent, then something is very, very wrong.

A plot is a thousand times more unsettling than an argument, which may be answered.

A single whisper can be quite a disturbance when the rest of the audience is silent.

A seat at the table is desired. But I'll scream from the street if I need to.

At least I had frost on my nose, boots on my feet, and protest in my mouth.

Bolivian women sewed their lips shut for days. They threaded needles through their skin to stop their speech, to show what good speaking had done them.