626 Quotes About Resistance

To remind him, and perhaps myself, that any hope for the future depends on our ability to reclaim the narrative of a long con- tinuum of resistance that has been the foundation of our country and the bulwark against the very forces that have threatened our democracy since its founding.

One thing I learned from Jackie: you can't protest what you don't see coming.

Fourth, resistance, as it has unfolded over the centuries, has claimed a “public commons” for “we the people” to have a voice in shaping the de- fining issues in our most trying times—beyond the thirty-nine wealthy white men who signed our Constitution. This means beyond elections.

Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than “politics.” They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. You know who weren’t nice people? Resisters.

The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power

If there is a devil, then there is no doubt that God really exists too. Otherwise, he won't be here in the first place.

If all the leaders are really appointed from above, why would a chief want to annex the territory of another chief?

The takeover of the Amerindians appears to them as the beginning of the Apocalypse.

Mr. Devil lived in Heaven, but it seems he didn't learn anything good there. God is love. How did the devil get so wicked, even though he lived in Heaven for many years?