Quotes About Resistance

Donald Trump is out to destroy people's lives, and he's trying to take our democracy down. That is something we can fight with everything we've got, but having compassion for one another while we do it is going to get us a lot further.

When Trump's cronies are the people attacking you, you know you've done something right.

The 'Never Trump' movement was never going anywhere.

I know the struggle - trust me. I know how hard it is for us to say 'no' to a lot of things that get offered.

You know, the truth is this: it is a leader's job to challenge the status quo. And when you do, you make enemies.

The source of my difficulties has always been the same: an inability to accept what to others seems natural, and an irresistible tendency to voice opinions no one wants to hear . . .

I figure a lot of folks are probably looking to find out if Moses Malone is into that stuff, but the closest I come to drugs is drinking a Coca-Cola. I don't want that cocaine; it's not for me.

And his hands would plait the priest's entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.

The people of Ethiopia are saying they've had enough of the killings and are tired of being exiled, imprisoned, beaten and we are done. We have had enough. We want peace now.

If we behave like those on the other side, then we are the other side. Instead of changing the world, all we'll achieve is a reflection of the one we want to destroy.

Lord, when the song wants to pick up and go a little faster towards the end, it's hard for me to resist.

Fight on land and sea All men want to be free If they don't never mind we'll abolish all mankind

Obviously, some people are thick, and they're not gonna see what they don't want to see.

He resisted for a while and there were some legal boundaries, you know, keeping me from being near him or his family, but in the end, love overcame. And I got what I wanted. I always get what I want.

When you're part of the opposition you want to stay. It's part of your identity. You're useless if you leave. You feel like you have failed.

The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for them.

God knows what I thought! Your brain does amazing acrobatics when it doesn't want to believe something.

Reactionary: One who wants the rules enforced so nobody can take his pile away from him the way he got it from others.

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted.

The problem with working with a coach isn't that we don't know what to do. The real problem is that we don't want to change our mind.

If there are rules and regulations, I can't help it, I want to break them.

Some people don't want to rock the boat and risk being cut. They don't want to be seen as a nuisance. They say, "If I'm cut, I won't be able to make a change at all."

The trouble with advice is that it's usually something you don't want to hear.