Quotes About Resistance

In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.

On any given day, there's always something I'd rather be doing than facing the ugly, racist underbelly of America.

You cannot sit quiet while the KKK and other white supremacist groups rear their ugly heads.

There is only one conflict in Ukraine today and it is between the regime and the people.

This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance.

To me, Satan ultimately represents rebellion.

Men are destroyed for being rebellious, and women destroy themselves by failing to be rebellious. Unless you can make that next jump to either getting along with people or resisting people, you are ultimately destroying yourself.

The question is, What type of human do I want to be? How do I want to use my platform? Do I want to be safe, under the umbrella of my white privilege? Or do I want to push back and resist?

In addition, we were unable to meet openly to discuss the progress of the book, for we were both on the list of persons banned from communicating with other banned persons.

With our Paleolithic instincts, we're simply unable to resist technology's gifts. But this doesn't just compromise our privacy. It also compromises our ability to take collective action.

One of the frustrations of prison life, which is also one of its intended consequences, is that the prisoner is made ineffective. He is unable to be of much use. The aim is to render him powerless.

Drink is the only opponent I have been unable to beat.

The problem is that it takes physicians so long to accept a radical change. And the lag is unacceptable.

Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment.

I've found that any time you go against the people's voice you're going up against a tsunami that will have unbelievable power and implications.

I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world.

War? The one war I'd be happy to join is the war against officers.

It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.

Long live all us crazy soldiers Who were born under calico skies May we never be called to handle All the weapons of war we despise

When every young man refuses to go to war, you will have peace. You do not defend any idea with violence.

Every great historic change has been based on nonconformity, has been bought either with the blood or with the reputation of nonconformists.

The only war that we must all fight is the one against evil.

The unawakened mind tends to make war against the way things are.

A political war can be fought from anywhere.