Dissent Quotes

We must dissent from the fear.

The only thing worth globalizing is dissent.

Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.

The most un-American thing you can do is to stifle dissent

In religion, it is not the sycophants or those who cling most faithfully to the status quo who are ultimately praised. It is the insurgents.

Words no longer have meaning if an Exchange that is not established by a State is "established by the State".

The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.

Dissent and dissenters have no monopoly on freedom. They must tolerate opposition. They must accept dissent from their dissent.

Dissent is the mark of freedom.

Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.

Dissent without action is consent.

Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.

I stood among them, but not of them: in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts.

The important thing about groupthink is that it works not so much by censoring dissent as by making dissent seem somehow improbable.

Dissents speak to a future age.

Wild intelligence abhors any narrow world; and the world of women must stay narrow, or the woman is an outlaw. No woman could be Nietzsche or Rimbaud without ending up in a whorehouse or lobotomized.

Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society.

Neither with those nor with the others, with all I agree and dissent; in all part of truth and part of error must be seen.

Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension.

The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.

When you would suffocate or ignore dissent, remember how many times you dissented.

In a dead religion there are no more heresies.

On religion in particular the time appears to me to have come when it is the duty of all who, being qualified in point of knowledge, have on mature consideration satisfied themselves that the current opinions are not only false but hurtful, to make their dissent known.

Dissent is not sacred; the right of dissent is.

A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.

The press exerts the pressure of dissent on officials otherwise inclined to rest content with the congratulations of their retainers.

There is no democracy without dissent.

Feminism is dead. The movement is absolutely dead. The women's movement tried to suppress dissident voices for way too long. There's no room for dissent.

Intolerance of dissent is a well-noted feature of the American national character.

Looking at God instantly reduces our disposition to dissent from our brother.

You have, which is a rare thing, the ability and the responsibility to listen to the dissent in yourself. To at least give it the floor. Because it is the key, not only to consciousness, but to real growth.

Silence is hereby outlawed. Silence breeds independent thought, which in turn breeds dissent.