quotes about Dissent
-
Dissent and dissenters have no monopoly on freedom. They must tolerate opposition. They must accept dissent from their dissent.
-- Abe FortasSource : Abe Fortas (1968). “Concerning dissent and civil disobedience”, World Publishing Co.
-
In a dead religion there are no more heresies.
-- Andre Suares -
The only thing worth globalizing is dissent.
-- Arundhati RoySource : Arundhati Roy (2016). “The End of Imagination”, p.193, Haymarket Books
-
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.
-- Edward R. Murrow -
-
When you would suffocate or ignore dissent, remember how many times you dissented.
-- Fausto CercignaniSource : "Simply Transcribed: Quotations from Fausto Cercignani". Book by Brian Morris (p. 37), 2014.
-
Silence is hereby outlawed. Silence breeds independent thought, which in turn breeds dissent.
-- Frank Beddor -
It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.
-- Harold PinterSource : "Pinter: I won't be silenced". Interview with Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. August 3, 2001.
-
Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.
-- Harry Belafonte -
-
In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
-- J. William FulbrightSource : 1966 Speech to the US Senate, 21 Apr.
-
A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.
-- Jim Leach -
Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.
-- John Charles Polanyi -
The time appears to me to have come when it is the duty of all to make their dissent from religion known.
-- John Stuart Mill -
-
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.
-- Michael Servetus -
Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.
-- Natan Sharansky -
Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society.
-- Natan Sharansky -
There is no democracy without dissent.
-- Phil DonahueSource : "CBS' Scott Pelley on Fake News, Trump's War on the Press and His Favorite Movie of the Year" by Seth Abramovitch, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 23, 2016.
-
-
Dissent is not sacred; the right of dissent is.
-- Thurman Arnold -
I heard that Commentary and Dissent had merged and formed Dysenery.
-- Woody Allen -