Protest Quotes - Page 3

• I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

  John F. Kerry

  Military, War, Struggle

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• One of the great things about our democracy is it expresses itself in all sorts of ways. And that includes people protesting. I've been the subject of protests during the course of my eight years and I suspect that there's not a president in our history that at some point hasn't been subject to these protests.

  Barack Obama

  Eight, Years, People

  Source: time.com

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• I will sacrifice my comfort, my convenience, my economic position in order to stand in protest, but not impose that on everyone else.

  Rilla Askew

  Sacrifice, Comfort, Economic

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum, echoed by the press and too often by the pulpit, is bidding all men fall in and keep step and obey in silence the tyrannous word of command. Then, more than ever, it is the duty of the good citizen not to be silent.

  Charles Eliot Norton

  Courage, Freedom, Fall

  Charles Eliot Norton (1913). “Letters of Charles Eliot Norton”

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

  Rollo May

  Forgiveness, Remains, Dependent

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• The First Amendment says that we can protest and call to - on our government to address grievances.

  Keith Ellison

  Government, Addresses, Firsts

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• History, in spite of the occasional protest of historians, will always be used in a general way as a collection of political and moral precedents.

  C. V. Wedgwood

  History, Political, Way

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• All the laws made for the betterment of workers' lives have their origin with the workers. Hours are shortened,wages go up, conditions are better----only if the workers protest

  Mary Heaton Vorse

  Law, Wages, Hours

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• Fear is the greatest form of oppression. The best way to rise up in protest is to live your life to its fullest!

  Megan McCafferty

  Live Your Life, Way, Oppression

  Megan McCafferty (2007). “Second Helpings: A Jessica Darling Novel”, p.164, Broadway Books

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• Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would say, 'Make us clap, make us dance, and laugh and sing.' It really made me think about the importance of happy music.

  Michael Franti

  Song, War, Thinking

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• Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

  Aldous Huxley

  Art, Suffering, Literature

  Aldous Huxley (1957). “Antic Hay: And The Gioconda Smile”

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• I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Evil, Cooperation, Moral

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• I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Witty, Clever

  "Strategic Grill Locations". Comedy album by Mitch Hedberg, 1999.

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• I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.

  Elie Wiesel

  Faith, Anger, Holocaust

  "Man in the News; Witness to Evil: Eliezer Weisel". www.nytimes.com. October 15, 1986.

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• There are always protests, whether you do something good or bad. Even if you do something beneficial, people say you do it because it's advertising.

  Giorgio Armani

  Artist, People, Advertising

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• Passionately protest mediocrity.

  Danielle LaPorte

  Mediocrity

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• The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.

  Wendell Phillips

  Mean, Labour Movement, People

  Wendell Phillips (1891). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters: Second series”

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• The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.

  Cesar Chavez

  Peace, Humanity, Principles

  Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.352, Penguin

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• I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process.

  Edward James Olmos

  Believe, People, Way

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• While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

  Eugene V. Debs

  Equality, Class, Diversity

  Speech at trial, Cleveland, Ohio, 14 Sept. 1918

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• The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

  William Shakespeare

  Women, Memorable, Important

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [242]

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• Non-co-operation is protest against an unwitting and unwilling participation in evil.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Evil, Operations, Participation

  Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.162, Tara Publishing

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• I have but one passion: to enlighten those who have been kept in the dark, in the name of humanity which has suffered so much and is entitled to happiness. My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul.

  Emile Zola

  Passion, Dark, Names

  "J'accuse! (I Accuse!)". Open letter to French President Félix Faure, published in "L'Aurore" [The Dawn], January 13, 1898.

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• I actually feel pretty inspired and hopeful by the fact that protests are becoming the norm now. They're less part of fringe society and more a part of mainstream society. That's exciting. There is no fringe anymore. We should all be included.

  Nelly Furtado

  Mainstream Society, Hopeful, Facts

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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

  Robert Mugabe

  Race, Age, Should

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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