Quotes about Protest

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it. Votes: 4

The lady doth protest too much, methinks. Votes: 3

Protest poetry -- could there be consensus poetry? Votes: 3

Mother Very Easily Made Jam Sandwiches Under No Protest Votes: 3

Protest actions and propaganda are two slightly different things. Votes: 3

Dont test me, Second guess me, Protest me, You will DISAPEAR! (East Jesus of Nowhere) Votes: 3

After the first International Days of Protest in October, 1965, Senator Mansfield criticized the 'sense of utter irresponsibility' shown by the demonstrators. Votes: 3

Protest is when I say this does not please me. Resistance is when I ensure what does not please me occurs no more. Votes: 3

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. Votes: 3

We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races. Votes: 3

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. Votes: 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. Votes: 3

Protest is when I say...'I don't agree with something'.... Resistance is when I ensure that things with which I disagree no longer take place Votes: 3

Protest is patriotic. Since the beginning of musical time, American singers and songwriters have used their talent and bully pulpits to show us America's strengths and shortcomings. Votes: 3

Protest against Industrial Capitalism from one aspect or another is universal: so was the protest against the condition of European religion at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Votes: 3

When it comes to war, we focus more on the mainstream coverage of the event, rather than the event itself. People dying is never funny. Protest puppets are always funny. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done. Votes: 3

We now have powerful technology, which allows us a voice across boundaries, which was unimaginable at the time of the Greenham Protest, a protest that pre-dates the Internet and the mobile phone. Votes: 3

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? Votes: 3

Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence. Votes: 3

Protest to be effective, must be followed by resolute action and at this crisis in world history when materialistic energy aims at overthrowing spiritual energy and moral values, action needs to develop into a world crusade for the Spiritual Humanity. Votes: 3

Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom. Votes: 3

Protest is when I say I don't like this. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don't like. Protest is when I say I refuse to go along with this anymore. Resistance is when I make sure everybody else stops going along too. Votes: 3

Nietzsche saw in the Protestant ethic, in both its religious and secular (economic) forms, a final protest before the emergence into dominance of the ordered, bourgeois world of the 'last man' he who will pay any price in tedium for comfort and the absence of tension. Votes: 3

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. Votes: 2

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. Votes: 2

I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good. Votes: 2

I think if I were over there in America, protest music would be more important. But I'm not going. Votes: 2

The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth. Votes: 2

I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason. Votes: 2

Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has borne strange fruit through the years. Votes: 2

A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed. Votes: 2

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth. Votes: 2

We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts. Votes: 2

An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law. Votes: 2

We can't forget what happened on May 4th, 1970, when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotional for us. Votes: 2

If the creatures with fur/feathers/fins are our brothers in a lower stage of development then their very weakness and inability to protest, demands that man should refrain from torturing them for the mere possibility of obtaining some knowledge which he believes may be to his own interest. Votes: 2

There is a legend. And to protest is daft. Votes: 1

Woodstock was both a peaceful protest and a global celebration. Votes: 1

To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men. Votes: 1

Dada was an extreme protest against the physical side of painting. It was a metaphysical attitude. Votes: 1

It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals. Votes: 1

Poetry, being supremely useless, by its very existence represents a protest against the so-called 'real world' of busy-ness and moneymaking, so we must embrace, salute and support our poets. Votes: 1

If you belonged to a political party or a social club that was tied to as much bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, violence, and sheer ignorance as religion is, you'd resign in protest. Votes: 1

It's a party that's being organized; it's not a protest. The carnival is not like it was a long time ago. Before it was do as you like, take to the streets. Votes: 1

Punk was a protest against work and against boredom. It was a sign of life, a rant, a scream, a rejection of bourgeois morals. But have things improved since then? Arguably, they've got worse. Votes: 1

Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest. Votes: 1

I pointed out that the Atlanta Olympic bomber - as well as Timothy McVeigh and the people who protest against gay rights at military funerals - are Christians but we journalists don't identify them by their religion. Votes: 1

I think we're going to start to see a new model of civic advocacy where people get together once in a while to protest, but it's more about an ongoing, sustained engagement in issues, networks and communities about which people care. Votes: 1

You should protest about the views of people you disagree with over major moral issues, and argue them down, but you should not try to silence them, however repugnant you find them. That is the bitter pill free speech requires us to swallow. Votes: 1

History shows that all protest movements rely on symbols - boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, flags, songs. Symbolic action on whatever scale - from the Montgomery Bus Boycott to wearing a simple wristband - is designed to disrupt our everyday complacency and force people to think. Votes: 1

I don't think it's too hippie to want to clean up the planet so you don't wind up dying of some kind of cancer when you're 45 years old. It enrages me that these big cancer-research organizations can't be bothered to man the front lines of environmental protest. Votes: 1

Sometimes I think that I was forced to withdraw into depression because it was the only rightful protest I could throw in the face of a world that said it was alright for people to come and go as they please, that there were simply no real obligations left. Votes: 1

The traditional spokespersons for the Evangelicals, such as Chuck Colson and James Dobson, have become alarmed about this drift away from the 'Family Values' issues that they believe should be the overwhelming concerns of Evangelicals. They have expressed their displeasure in letters of protest circulated through the religious media. Votes: 1

Passionately protest mediocrity. Votes: 0

All literature is protest. Votes: 0

The truest protest is beauty. Votes: 0

The Establishment is always against protest. Votes: 0

I'm like a one-woman protest machine. Votes: 0

I protest against any absolute conclusion. Votes: 0

Art is a protest against death. Votes: 0

the mute protest in your own bones Votes: 0

Sarcasm is the protest of the weak. Votes: 0

There must be engagement: there must be protest. Votes: 0

There is nothing more American than peaceful protest. Votes: 0

Sarcasm... the protest of those who are weak. Votes: 0

It is better to protest than to accept injustice. Votes: 0

In the name of God and humanity I protest! Votes: 0

Reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life Votes: 0

Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take. Votes: 0

It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach. Votes: 0

In my definition I am a protest writer, with restraint. Votes: 0

We protest against unjust criticism but we accept unarmed applause. Votes: 0

I had hoped you would protest, but please don't argue. Votes: 0

In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty. Votes: 0

It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs. Votes: 0

Non-co-operation is protest against an unwitting and unwilling participation in evil. Votes: 0

A person always has a chance to protest this or that. Votes: 0

Christianity [is] a rebellion against natural law, a protest against nature. Votes: 0

There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest. Votes: 0

People support CPF cuts because there are no protest outside parliament. Votes: 0

Of course, I'd welcome protest. Good criticism is hard to find. Votes: 0

I think constitutional and lawful protest has a very real value. Votes: 0

You can protest, you can protest peacefully, but keep things civil. Votes: 0

My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul. Votes: 0

Every new invention has been a protest of genius against the masses. Votes: 0

To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy. Votes: 0

I vow and protest there's more plague than pleasure with a secret. Votes: 0

My heart is a protest that I let rally against my ribs. Votes: 0

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men Votes: 0

I am a patriot, and I protest speed limits by exceeding them. Votes: 0

Originality is deliberate and forced, and partakes of the nature of a protest. Votes: 0

I did not establish the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as a protest organisation. Votes: 0

What if someone comes?" I half-heartedly protest. "No one's coming here but you. Votes: 0

Just because your muscles start to protest, doesn't mean you have to listen. Votes: 0

Airbnb is a much more effective protest than shutting down the Brooklyn Bridge. Votes: 0

I protest against the use of infinite magnitude ..., which is never permissible in mathematics. Votes: 0

I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I've done many. Votes: 0

It is a protest against the way the world has worked. (explanation of Bolshevism) Votes: 0

To protest free speech in the name of protecting women is dangerous and wrong. Votes: 0

The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning. Votes: 0

Our Southside is a place apart: each piece of our living is a protest. Votes: 0

It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest. Votes: 0

Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,The protest of the weak against the strong. Votes: 0

I want to be a voice for my people and I will continue to protest. Votes: 0

I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest. Votes: 0

I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives. Votes: 0

At some point, you protest too much they think you're guilty just because you're protesting. Votes: 0

I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat. Votes: 0

There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin. Votes: 0

The Gospel of Judas is a kind of protest literature. It's challenging leaders of the church. Votes: 0

Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things. Votes: 0

Really, I protest-what is left for the satirical mind to invent when reality so surpasses it? Votes: 0

If the will remains in protest, it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against. Votes: 0

A downtrodden class... will never be able to make an effective protest until it achieves solidarity. Votes: 0

A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit Votes: 0

[O]ur War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies. Votes: 0

Monastic life thus became a living protest against the secularization of Christianity, against the cheapening of grace. Votes: 0

I do not know of any salvation for society except through eccentrics, misfits, dissenters, people who protest, Votes: 0

I must express protest against continually increasing the debt without taking positive steps to slow its growth. Votes: 0

If social protest is antithetical to art, what then shall we make of Goya, Dickens, and Twain? Votes: 0

I think students ought to have the right to protest, but not to the point of anarchy. Votes: 0

I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I am not going to protest. Votes: 0

Other than Green Day, we haven't had a lot of protest music over the past few decades. Votes: 0

The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all. Votes: 0

It is the worst thing you can do, women, is whine, .. I mean the worst. Don't complain, protest. Votes: 0

I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer. Votes: 0

The First Amendment says that we can protest and call to - on our government to address grievances. Votes: 0

There is civil disobedience against the military machine, protest against police brutality directed especially at people of color. Votes: 0

I feel greatly at fault in not having made a loud public protest about Belle Glade before this. Votes: 0

Don't wear fur! Did you know, a single fur coat takes fifteen trees, just for the protest signs? Votes: 0

The authorities should stipulate what issues people can protest over and on what issues it is not allowed. Votes: 0

Complicity with error will take from the best of men the power to enter any successful protest against it. Votes: 0

America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long. Votes: 0

Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness. Votes: 0

Moral progress has consisted in the main of protest against cruel customs, and of attempts to enlarge human sympathy. Votes: 0

Graffiti is usually a protest - ink on walls - or has a reason for being naughty or aggressive. Votes: 0

Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better. Votes: 0

The use of the Internet, the use of Twitter, the way protest movements developed... This is a different world. Votes: 0

The use of the Internet, the use of Twitter, the way protest movements developed... This is a different world. Votes: 0

The more one has suffered, the less one demands. To protest is a sign one has traversed no hell. Votes: 0

You may protest if you can love the person you are protesting against as much as you love yourself. Votes: 0

I mean, there's a hell of a lot of grounds for protest, but you don't do it through music. Votes: 0

The wise man, the sage, is hostile to the new. Disabused, he abdicates: that is his form of protest. Votes: 0

We protest solemnly in the face of mankind, that we desire peace at any sacrifice, save that of honor. Votes: 0

Nelson Mandela once said "I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I'm not going to protest." Votes: 0

The rise of National Socialism is the protest of a people against a State that denies the right to work. Votes: 0

He ate a pear. It was a hard one. It fought back against his grinding teeth. It snapped in juicy protest. Votes: 0

In a world filled with hate, prejudice, and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice, and protest. Votes: 0

Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society's hysteria, a period of cure and recovery. Votes: 0

Privileged people don't march and protest; their world is safe and clean and governed by laws designed to keep them happy. Votes: 0

You can wave your signs in protest against America taking stands. The stands America's taken are the reason that you can. Votes: 0

It is conceivable that I might well be reborn as a Chinese coolie. In such case I should lodge a protest. Votes: 0

Don't protest outside of a rich man's house in the daytime, you'll just scare the maid, and that's Arnold Schwarzenegger's job. Votes: 0

Just because I was at an anti-police brutality protest, doesn't mean I'm anti-police. We want justice, but stop shooting unarmed people. Votes: 0

I DON'T smoke anymore, except on National No Smoking Day as a protest against those who want to control our lives. Votes: 0

It is the nature of a person as he/she grows older to protest against change, particularly changes for the better. Votes: 0

Pornography is human imagination in tense theatrical action; its violations are a protest against the violations of our freedom by nature. Votes: 0

Who can protest alone? Who dares rise up? It is not easy. One is all alone, and evermore shall be so. Votes: 0

I make a lot of jokes about vegetarians in my act but most of them don't have the strength to protest. Votes: 0

Lots of people will protest that it's quite unreal and that I'm out of my mind, but that's just too bad Votes: 0

Kids today do nothing. They're so apathetic. We used to go out and protest. All they do is shop and complain. Votes: 0

It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals. Votes: 0

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest. Votes: 0

One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment. Votes: 0

People keep asking me what I think of it now that it's done. Hence my protest: The Web is not done! Votes: 0

I suppose reggae has always been a hopeful way to protest, and just because the world's tragic doesn't mean it's not beautiful. Votes: 0

Most acts of assent require far more courage than most acts of protest, since courage is clearly a readiness to risk self-humiliation. Votes: 0

I wouldnt want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities. Votes: 0

Every [person] of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits [his or her] convictions, but we must all protest. Votes: 0

Che is not just a potent figure of protest, but the idealistic, questioning kid who exists in every society and every time. Votes: 0

I too complain ceaselessly in my heart and in my words too. My very life is a protest. Against government, for instance. Votes: 0

What are you doing?” she cried in protest. “Playing,” he said, the single word rough, almost guttural. Votes: 0

To protest, I stood in the place of a waste receptacle and opened my mouth. That's how I lost my virginity *laughs* Votes: 0

I wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities. Votes: 0

I claim you, Rowan Whitethorn. I don't care what you say and how much you protest. I claim you as my friend. Votes: 0

The first impulse of a great number of civilized musicians... is to protest ourdeclaration that the music in Hungary belongs to the Gypsies. Votes: 0

The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest. Votes: 0

Every journalist loves a peaceful protest -whether it makes news, shakes up a political season, or holds out the possibility of altering history. Votes: 0

In the early 1980s, I burned my Social Security card at the New Orleans Investment Conference in protest of the state pension system. Votes: 0

In the late 19th century, the Populists - a protest movement of mainly disaffected farmers and workers - threatened to overturn established authority. Votes: 0

Books are savaged and careers destroyed by surly snots who write anonymous reviews and publishers can't be bothered to protest this institutionalized corruption. Votes: 0

The Monster Ball is by nature a protest: A youth church experience to speak out and celebrate against all forms of discrimination + prejudice. Votes: 0

The opposite of corporate greed is personal generosity. Government policies that enable the former and prevent the latter are both worthy of protest. Votes: 0

When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time. Votes: 0

What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive. Votes: 0

Fear is the greatest form of oppression. The best way to rise up in protest is to live your life to its fullest! Votes: 0

Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - is innately disruptive of 'business as usual.' That is why it is effective. Votes: 0

What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive. Votes: 0

[The wall will be] ten feet taller. And every time they [Mexicans] protest, it`s going to go up a little bit higher. Votes: 0

You can't just sit around and make protest albums all your life; eventually it comes to the point where you have to do something. Votes: 0

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it. Votes: 0

There comes an hour when protest no longer suffices; after philosophy there must be action; the strong hand finishes what the idea has sketched." Votes: 0

The time had come to protest with the heart, that to deny one's genealogy with the earth was to commit treason against one's soul. Votes: 0

I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too. No, sir, these, I protest you, are too hard for me. Votes: 0

In the second and third exiles we have served as a living protest against greed and hate, against physical force, against "might makes right"! Votes: 0

I won't be indulging in anger anymore, vehemently and self-righteously singing protest songs, and expecting them to bring peace to me or anyone else. Votes: 0

The more materialistic science becomes, the more angels shall I paint. Their wings are my protest in favor of the immortality of the soul. Votes: 0

One of the things I really want is for people to feel the civic responsibility, and not just refuse to vote out of protest. Votes: 0

There comes an hour when protest no longer suffices; after philosophy there must be action; the strong hand finishes what the idea has sketched. Votes: 0

A truly English protest march would see us all chanting: 'What do we want? GRADUAL CHANGE! When do we want it? IN DUE COURSE! Votes: 0

The privileged classes can afford psychoanalysis and whiskey. Whereas all we get is sermons and sour wine. This is manifestly unfair. I protest, silently. Votes: 0

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him. Votes: 0

Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later. Votes: 0

Regardless of what one's attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Every good journalist is aware that his trade may one day go the way of phrenology-and, what's more, the population will hardly protest the extinction. Votes: 0

People might not protest for overtly political or social causes, but when they can't feed themselves and their family, they will take to the streets. Votes: 0

The West German population would protest passionately if it knew what secret meetings between the federal chancellor, McCoy, and foreign and Nazi generals are planning. Votes: 0

You should never protest outside a rich guy's home during the day because he's not there. He's at work grinding the faces of the poor. Votes: 0

A God who punishes disobedience will teach us to obey and endure when it would be holy to protest and righteous to refuse to cooperate. Votes: 0

When I was a young hippy, I thought marching naked would be a strong protest, but I don't think it would be as effective now. Votes: 0

As I said, this was my sarcastic summer. It was only long after that I recognized sarcasm as the protest of people who are weak. Votes: 0

My father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I came by all that honestly. Votes: 0

The emergence of Pakistan, a decade ago, was an act of protest against the existence of privilege in the social order of the subcontinent of India. Votes: 0

Now liberals compare their every riot, every traffic blockage, every Starbucks-window-smashing street protest to the civil rights movement -- which was only necessary because of them. Votes: 0

The nice thing about a protest song is that it takes the complaint, the fussing, the finger-pointing, and gives it an added component of sociable harmony. Votes: 0

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Votes: 0

I believe that if the Tribune company ever tries to close down Wrigley Field that you will have a protest from every corner of the globe. Votes: 0

Popular culture, in all its crudeness, is the output of liberals. It is liberalism that for decades has rejected any protest as 'censorship' or 'McCarthyism.' Votes: 0

There was something so unutterably ridiculous about the sight of a US company deleting posts accusing it of censorship that many other people began to protest. Votes: 0

Christianity is a rebellion against natural law, a protest against nature. Taken to its logical extreme, Christianity would mean the systematic cultivation of the human failure. Votes: 0

Ever since I took to the streets when I was 17 to protest at great personal risk against the communist dictatorship, I have been a passionate democrat. Votes: 0

We will continue to go out onto the streets and to protest, and actively encourage the public to support us in our campaign for free education, Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Workers, comrades, and you, women of the people, let not this festival of May, the second during the war, pass without protest against the Imperialist Slaughter. Votes: 0

Today women in many countries are taking part in various types of movements of protest, some of which are serious struggles for economic and social emancipation . Votes: 0

There is a vast need for all types of protest today, whether it be civil disobedience, or whether it be on a - more conventional variety. Votes: 0

The American public has become so conditioned by crises, by warnings, by words, that there are few, other than the young, who protest against what is happening. Votes: 0

I love seeing young people take a stance and not be afraid to say how they feel, and protest when they feel things are wrong or unjust. Votes: 0

General Otis is proclaimed American Military Governor of the Philippines and I protest a thousand times and with all the force in my soul against such pretension. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I don't really know a lot about these 'anti-protest' laws. I'm only vaguely aware of them, but I don't have enough detailed knowledge about them to comment. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Our tradition is one of protest and revolt, and it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past while we silence the rebels of the present. Votes: 0

Improv Everywhere tramples the lines drawn between spectacle and spectator, theatre and real life, public and private, performance and protest, and reclaims the streets for ordinary people. Votes: 0

Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest. Votes: 0

If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander. Votes: 0

Someone who wanted to challenge Orthodoxy would not be able to locate a building to hold a protest march in front of. The faith is too diffused. Votes: 0

No," Preston snapped. But he didn't protest long because, if I'm going to be honest-which is kind of the point of these reports-I was already unzipping his pants. Votes: 0

I think the Democrats are right to protest, but I don't think Jeff Sessions is so far out of the range of normalcy that he shouldn't be confirmed. Votes: 0

Somewhere there is a message in the protest of the man who said, "You can't tell me that worry doesn't help. The things I worry about never happen." Votes: 0

I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music. Votes: 0

My mother's illness fitted into this protest against the treatment of the sick who could not pay, the inefficiency of commercialism, the waste, the extravagance, and the poverty. Votes: 0

Once crime was as solitary as a cry of protest; now it is as universal as science. Yesterday it was put on trial; today it determines the law. Votes: 0

So, my fellow Christians, protest this film if you like, but then how about devoting some energy to fill the vacuum created by your retreat from popular culture. Votes: 0

From the theft of confidential cables to 21st-century protest movements, to development breakthroughs that have the potential to change millions of lives, we are all in uncharted territory. Votes: 0

I understand why people get desensitized and roll their eyes when they hear a protest song, or even a politician making some flowery speech. It doesn't really change anything. Votes: 0

Some evolutionists will protest that we are caricaturing their view of adaptation. After all, do they not admit genetic drift, allometry, and a variety of reasons for nonadaptive evolution? Votes: 0

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 Votes: 0

Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act. Votes: 0

Thousands of Mexicans gathered in Mexico City to protest high food prices. The protest only lasted an hour, because everyone had to leave for their jobs in Los Angeles Votes: 0

Most of us would protest that of course we love our children without any strings attached. But what counts is how things look from the perspective of the children Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

We need that expression. Whether we want to call it protest or not, we need to express and echo the echoes of the people. Artists need to do that. Votes: 0

It is interesting that so many people who become disenchanted, who protest against their own organizations, are people who contributed something to them and then saw how it was misused. Votes: 0

I love the protest signs protected by the First Amendment - some of them humorous, some of them passionate, some factual, some entirely incorrect - all of them free ideas. Votes: 0

I love the protest signs protected by the First Amendment - some of them humorous, some of them passionate, some factual, some entirely incorrect - all of them free ideas." Votes: 0

I have donated money to campaigns. And I have been known to take to the street in protest. But I am more committed to my immediate politics than general politics. Votes: 0

Look at how many victim groups there are. And they all happen to be Democrat constituency groups. They all are on the protest march. They're all angry; they're all enraged. Votes: 0

I am fearful that the paper system will ruin the state. Its demoralizing effects are already seen and spoken of everywhere. I therefore protest against receiving any of that trash. Votes: 0

I do the protest stuff. I do country and western. I play both acoustic and electric guitar in a lot of different styles, from loud, psychedelic stuff to quiet finger-picking. Votes: 0

To protest in the name of morality against 'excesses' or 'abuses' is an error which hints on active complicity. There are no 'abuses' or 'excesses' here, simpily an all-pervasive system. Votes: 0

Citizens who live or work near protest sites or marches have every right to be free of violence from protesters, and they should never be subjected to destruction of property. Votes: 0

Each family of the United States military now attends to their loved ones funeral with a wrenching worry that it will be met possibly with a protest or a demonstration. Votes: 0

My drawings and paintings were done as an act of protest; I was trying by means of my work to convince the world that it is ugly, sick and hypocritical. Votes: 0

There are areas of official life in the United States that are similar to Russia. For example: disbursement of protest, and the way American prisons are run, which is pretty tough. Votes: 0

Bob Dylan was uncomfortable being known as just a protest singer. He wanted to go back into himself and do what he wanted to do when he wanted to do it. Votes: 0

To me, every dirty act was simply a sacrament of sin, a passionately religious protest against Christianity, which was for me the symbol of all vileness, meanness, treachery, falsehood and oppression. Votes: 0

Men would bless you or curse you; The curse, a protest against failure, The blessing, a hymn of the hunter Who comes back from the hills With provision for his mate. Votes: 0

We didn't start out to make a protest record at all. That would have been too shallow. As usual, it was simply a case of absorbing what's going on around us. Votes: 0

A response is not just a re-action, a protest, as it were, against being disturbed; it is, as the word indicates, an answer. It meets the stimulus, and corresponds with it. Votes: 0

Neither when we have chosen our way can we keep company with those who go the other way. There must come with the decision for truth a corresponding protest against error. Votes: 0

I try to make all my songs good. I don't ever write one to finish one. A lot of protest songs end up that way, driven by some kind of emotional response. Votes: 0

All the signs of incipient activism and uprising, from Tahrir square to Zuccotti Park to [the recent] shutdown of the Internet to protest web censorship. People are getting smart and getting connected. Votes: 0

The unification of opposites which characterizes the commercial and political style is one of the many ways in which discourse and communication make themselves immune against the expression of protest and refusal. Votes: 0

I plan to send my liver somewhere in France, to protest foie gras (liver pate) ... I plan to have handbags made from my skin ... and an umbrella stand made from my seat. Votes: 0

It was called the Reclaim Guide. It was just a general protest guide that went over security culture and stuff like that. A small portion of that guide dealt with explosives information. Votes: 0

The effect of sincerity is to give one's work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else. Votes: 0

The more visible signs of protest are gone, but I think there is a realization that the tactics of the late sixties are not sufficient to meet the challenges of the seventies. Votes: 0

It was here in Edinburgh that in the 1980s I joined with many others to protest against Margaret Thatcher as she arrived to address the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Votes: 0

I think every person in a group has a right to protest something and not like something. I always find it to be interesting when people take that position before they've seen it. Votes: 0

For decades, activist shareholders were an entertaining, but largely ignored, Wall Street sideshow. Disgruntled investors would attend annual meetings to harangue executives, criticize strategies - and protest that their complaints were being ignored. Votes: 0

In 1997, I, along with 200 other young ophthalmologists formed the National Board of Ophthalmology to protest the American Board of Ophthalmology's decision to grandfather in the older ophthalmologists and not require them to recertify. Votes: 0

Personally, I am uneasy about the notion of "a politically engaged university," for reasons I wrote about over 30 years ago, at the height of protest and resistance (reprinted in For Reasons of State). Votes: 0

My protest against digital has been me saying, "What's going to happen to film?" The result is that Kodak is out of business. That's a national tragedy. We've got to keep making film. Votes: 0

And what will you give me in return, Severus?' "˜In "“ in return?' Snape gaped at Dumbledore, and Harry expected him to protest, but after a long moment he said, "˜Anything... Votes: 0

I think protest and actions have to be organised against the Israelis and their backers. There needs to be a concerted high profile campaign to raise awareness of the people in this country. Votes: 0

During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of 2012, it's squishy Republican politicians who deserve the grassroots flames. Votes: 0

The game of power is played remorselessly by men who have not the slightest knowledge of, or interest in, the way ordinary people live, and the ordinary people are too terrified to protest. Votes: 0

The power of protest depends not only on how many turn out, but also on what legislative, judicial, and civil society institutions exist to enact the will of those marching in the streets. Votes: 0

The decision by France to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific has destroyed this hope and raised a storm of protest at home, in the South Pacific and thankfully around the world. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

We should not forget that our tradition is one of protest and revolt and that it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past. . .while we silence the rebels of the present. Votes: 0

I favor massive civil disobedience, among other things. It is not the only thing that is used to protest any grievance in society. But it is one of the most effective under certain conditions. Votes: 0

When people protest and are upset with a movie, it becomes a big hit. They hated Passion of The Christ, it worked out pretty well for the box office. So let's get that going. Votes: 0

After becoming famous once again - a 1976 song, "Hurricane," even marked a return to protest songwriting - [Bob] Dylan got addicted to drugs, found Jesus, left Jesus, and put out a lot of swill. Votes: 0

If she wasn't careful, she'd slide without a ripple into the gently flowing stream of her old life, pulled back under the current without a wimper of protest. Another housewife lost in the flow. Votes: 0

There is nothing more American than raising your voice in protest, and there is nothing more un-American than a government that attempts to hit the mute button when it doesn't like what it hears. Votes: 0

But every time the workers come out in the only way they know to protest against conditions which are unbearable the strong hand of the law is allowed to press down heavily upon us. Votes: 0

I will never try to steer myself into a situation that I know might create a discussion after the race any protest immediately cuts down on my social hours after the race is over. Votes: 0

Nothing means anything here. When they pull down an outstanding building, no one objects. Oh, maybe there's a wee protest from some collectors or something who take a picture of it before it vanishes. Votes: 0

In Japan, it becomes a huge issue in terms of not just the government and its protest against the United States, but all different groups and all different peoples in Japan start to protest. Votes: 0

The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light , never put out the stars . It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness . Votes: 0

But this anti-war protest, is far from a success; it is just a placebo for the people. These peacemakers feel so satisfied, gratified; gay-gallant-and-gleeful. But they do not achieve anything acceptable, perceptible; or peaceful. Votes: 0

Writers around the world protested when two Communist writers, Siniavski and Daniel, were sentenced to prison by their own comrades. But not even churches protest when Christians are put in prison for their faith. Votes: 0

As concerning football, I protest unto you that it may rather be called a friendly kind of fight than a play or recreation - a bloody and murdering practise than a fellowly sport or pastime. Votes: 0

It's like being a newborn, this sudden sensory overload of noise, color, smells and gravity after months of quietly floating, encased in relative calm and isolation. No wonder babies cry in protest when they're born. Votes: 0

I am always hesitant to call myself an activist, mostly out of respect for the activists who are using their bodies and voices to protest or activists online who are constantly engaging and educating others. Votes: 0

We have not seen a single Jew blow himself up in a German restaurant. We have not seen a single Jew destroy a church. We have not seen a single Jew protest by killing people. Votes: 0

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people marched in the streets. I think what we need is a global protest movement of people who won't give up. Votes: 0

You are not Dostoevsky,' said the woman... 'You never can tell...' he answered. 'Dostoevsky is dead,' the woman said, a bit uncertainly. 'I protest!' he said with heat, 'Dostoevsky is immortal! Votes: 0