Protest Quotes

He who protests is an enemy; he who opposes is a corpse.

Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life.

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

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

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

All literature is protest.

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

We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.

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.

The truest protest is beauty.

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

I caution anyone who in their protest becomes the very thing that they're protesting against. Meaning turning to hateful speech, violating principles and ideals that are sacred in America. We need to raise our voices, but we do not need to indulge in hate.

Passionately protest mediocrity.

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

Sarcasm is the protest of the weak.

Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - IS innately disruptive of “business as usual.” That is WHY it is effective.

The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.

You can protest, you can protest peacefully, but keep things civil.

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

There is a legend. And to protest is daft.

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

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

Sarcasm... the protest of those who are weak.

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

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

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

There is nothing more American than peaceful protest.

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

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

Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest.

My noisy denunciation trails off in doubt.

Art is a protest against death.

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

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

The more I protest that I'm not Lemony Snicket, and that I'm Daniel Handler instead, the more it becomes clear to the audience that I am in fact Lemony Snicket, that I am in fact standing in front of them.

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

I was involved in some peaceful protests.

I protest against any absolute conclusion.

Democracy is not about protests. Democracy is about meetings.

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

Maybe, so Donald Trump didn't start the fire at this particular Chicago protest, but fanning the flames is a problem.

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

Before the church responded, a lot of people would ask us, 'Are you afraid of what the church would say?' And Trey and I were like, 'They're going to be cool.' And they were like, 'No, they're not. There are going to be protests.' And we were like, 'Nope, they're going to be cool.' We weren't that surprised by the church's response. We had faith in them.

In Maidan Square right now, you see thousands of Ukrainians protesting the Russian occupation of Crimea. So this is a Russian protest by Ukrainians who want their sovereignty. They want their freedom and they're protesting what Russia did in Crimea.

You risk everything if you so much as join a legal protest demonstration in Russia. It raises the stakes.

People have a right to give a speech. And people have a right to protest. But I'm not a great fan of disrupting people's speeches.

We will not keep silent, even if the Formula One is taking place. We will protest for human rights and freedom.

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

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.

the mute protest in your own bones