223 Quotes About Protest

Never in history has violence been initiated by the oppressed. How could they be the initiators, if they themselves are the result of violence?

They were really willing to pay to avoid any trouble. No doubt they had overestimated the ability of academics to make a nuisance of themselves. It had been years since an academic title gained you access to major media.... Even if all the university professors in France had risen up in protest, almost nobody would have noticed, but apparently they hadn't found that out in Saudi Arabia. They still believed, deep down, in the power of the intellectual elite. It was almost touching.

I'm all for fighting tyranny and oppression.

Either offend or represent, don’t be a spectator.

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

Sometimes a citizenry should not simply "be good". You have to leave space for dissent, real dissent.

Het is geen roman, 't is een aanklacht!

Richard Nixon had made a fatal error in ignoring the politico-meteorological dimension when he announced the expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia on April 30, 1970. The invasion of Laos, on the other hand, happened in February 1971, and the campuses were quiet. Who wants to stage a walkout in February?

If outrage were a sign of godliness, then the devil would be the godliest soul in Creation.