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Quotes About Political defiance

In the 1980s, the U.S. Army invaded two Caribbean countries, Grenada and Panama, to depose leaders who had defied Washington.
~ Stephen Kinzer
We did it! Britain is no longer a member of the European Union. By 'we' I mean the 17.4 million Britons who voted Leave, Nigel Farage who fought for the cause for 25 years, Brexit Party MEPs, Tory Party members who were brave enough to desert their party in droves at the Euro-elections and, of course, the Daily Express.
~ Ann Widdecombe
I don't mind being a permanent nightmare for the United States.
~ Evo Morales
Since you have chosen to elect a man with a timber toe to succeed me, you may all go to hell and I will go to Texas.
~ David Crockett
Well may we say 'God save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General'.
~ Gough Whitlam
Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it.
~ Alexander Herzen
California will not become a cog in the Trump deportation machine.
~ Kevin de Leon
Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.
~ Noam Chomsky
Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your tanks and not to fight against your own people.
~ Boris Yeltsin
If you can't say Fuck you can't say, Fuck the government.
~ Lenny Bruce
But the city in its corruption refused to submit to the dominion of the cartographers
~ Salman Rushdie
the Senate ordered that the dead consuls' armies should be handed over to Decimus Brutus, he refused
~ Anthony Everitt
May the States be so bound to each other as forever to defy European politics. Upon that union, their consequence, their happiness, will depend. This is the first wish of a heart more truly American than words can express.
~ Marquis de Lafayette
Despite the opposition of several prominent Republican officials,
~ John Lithgow
O sea, que la República debe resistir hasta la última gota de tu sangre. —Y de la tuya. —Prefiero que sea de la tuya… Tú eres el hombre de acción, Simón. Lo mío son las ideas, ya sabes. La política. —Se lo recordaré a los fascistas cuando vengan y pregunten.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
It must be remembered that some groups will ignore any constitutional provision in their aim to establish themselves as new dictators. Therefore, a permanent role will exist for the population to apply political defiance and noncooperation against would-be dictators and to preserve democratic structures, rights, and procedures.
~ Gene Sharp
The common error of past improvised political defiance campaigns is the reliance on only one or two methods, such as strikes and mass demonstrations. In fact, a multitude of methods exist that allow resistance strategists to concentrate and disperse resistance as required.
~ Gene Sharp
No matter how many lawyers and lawsuits Obama throws at Arizona, we will have the American people and the Constitution on our side.
~ Russell Pearce
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
~ beatles quotes iv
fuck money, I don't rap for dead presidents, I'd rather see the president dead, it's never been said, but I said precedents.
~ Eminem
fuck money, I don't rap for dead presidents, I'd rather see the president dead, it's never been said, but I set precedents.
~ Eminem
Jamás!» grita indignado. Pero ya sabemos por la Historia que ese «jamás» de los reyes, de los políticos y de los generales suele casi siempre ser el preludio de una capitulación. ¿No
~ Stefan Zweig
The punditry snicker, the politicians sneer, and the editorialists scoff, but the American people speak and Donald J. Trump rises - commandingly so - confounding the powerful institutions of Washington D.C. and New York and earning him the ire of both.
~ Kayleigh McEnany
I realize the most patriotic thing I could do is resist Donald Trump.
~ Ted Lieu