Top Dissent Quotes

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.", 1953)

Dissent Definition

(v. i.) To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.

(v. i.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government.

(v. i.) To differ; to be of a contrary nature.

(n.) The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement.

(n.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity.

(n.) Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality.

Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.' One will be hard put to find something like 'democratically elected Hamas, which has long been...

In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.

Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercised your freedom of thought.

Freiheit ist immer die Freiheit des AndersdenkendenFreedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks differently.

I am often described to my irritation as a 'contrarian' and even had the title inflicted on me by the publisher of one of my early books. (At least on that occasion I lived up to the title by ridiculi...

Struggles to coerce uniformity of sentiment in support of some end thought essential to their time and country have been waged by many good as well as by evil men. Nationalism is a relatively recent p...

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opin

Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the r...

In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned.

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

It's common to go from 'crashing the gate' to guarding it.

Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization. Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.

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

Who is an elected government in a constitutional democracy to decide it will not tolerate dissent

Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a sourc...

Beginning with Santa Claus as a cognitive exercise, a child is encouraged to share the same idea of reality as his peers. Even if that reality is patently invented and ludicrous, belief is encouraged...

If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.