Quotes About Resistance

Two runaways who were captured by the patriots reported that three-quarters of the soldiers who manned the garrison were Negroes and that "all the blacks who are sent to the fort at the great Bridge, are supplied with muskets, Cartridges &c strictly ordered to use them defensively & offensively.

But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right.

People don't really want change, especially not if it costs something.

A lot of people are open to new things, as long as they look like the old ones.

John Stuart Mill, highlighting how a small group may be victimized by a larger group

He stared at Hannah as if he owned her. Voices were raised somewhere else. The man didn't seem to notice. He just looked at Hannah until she yelled 'go away' and threw the small, hard pillow at him. He didn't even laugh at that

But the problem with me was that as soon as I started thinking about getting it together, I got this mad craving desire to fuck it up.

I was certainly in the stop Trump camp, but not for anyone.

If you're not the establishment candidate, they're going to attack you some ways.

I became a Catholic against my will.

We talking about revolution because that's the era that you're caught in.

Kids at a certain age don't necessarily want to be dragged to the other side of the world.

At a certain point, when there's a barrier between you and what's right, eventually you have to decide you're not going to allow yourself to be subjugated.

The league wants certain things. They want certain guys. I'm just not one of them. But I can't help the way I am.

As a girl, the pressure on you to look a certain way is very high. I try to resist that scrutiny.

People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.

I've always challenged authority.

Persuading employees to let go of old values and beliefs and adopt new ones can be challenging.

The Afghans are probably the world champions in resisting foreign domination and infiltration into their country.

People will resist change when it's done to them, not with them.

The way I see it, it's impossible to change things without encountering resistance.

It's not going to be easy to change things.

I'm trained to fight, not chase people around.

My first thought was always a cigarette. It still is, but I haven't cheated.