Quotes About Resistance

I call it the 'House of Reprehensibles.' We don't have any real political resistance to this growth of the domestic state across the board. So I'm much more focused on that than on the Patriot Act, which is a real effort, however inept, to deal with a real problem.

In the modern era, our nation experienced constant hardship and difficulties. The Chinese nation reached the most dangerous period. Since then, countless people with lofty ideals to realise the great revival of the Chinese nation rose to resist and fight, but failed one time after another.

Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to obey their own laws. In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want - not only you, your whole family and all people like you.

I didn't realise I was going to be fighting the whole world.

I realised how much the system did not want to change.

We realised that art, theatre, and music in Sarajevo were resistance at the deepest level.

In my eight years as governor, I did everything I could to resist federal control of issues that belong to the states.

I don't want to grow old gracefully. I want to put up a bit of a fight.

I always seem to be singing against the grain.

Me, I like to go against the grain.

It's always great to play a character that goes against the grain. Finn defies what people think when they think of stormtroopers.

Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.

My grandmother was such an incredible example of living out everyday acts of resistance. I now realize not only how lucky I was to grow up in that environment, but also how unique that was.

I know that it's a fight at the end of the day; it's not a grappling match.

People want to protect their way of life, and when they think it's in danger they start grasping for more extreme-seeming alternatives.

The establishment will do all they can to block him, so grassroots America's going to have to turn out in droves for Mr. Trump.

It's a great feeling to know that 100 cops want to stop you doing something and they can't.

The great thing about rock n' roll is, if you want to fight - like, fight the system, fight the man, fight the government, fight the people in front of you - it's Don Quixote all over again. You're really chasing windmills.

Barack Obama's political roots are liberal, but he has always resisted buying into the brand of liberalism that denigrates American greatness and potential.

You always have groups that want to come after the big bad developer. They don't want to see anything done. Don't disturb a blade of grass; just freeze the world in time. It validates them.

I didn't grow up listening to country music. I pretty much grew up rebelling against country music.

If I ever grow up, I don't want to be around for it.

I started a big band when grunge was popular. I mean, that didn't make much sense.

Guarding and defending is not easy.