Quotes About Protest

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

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.

The demonstrators in Ukraine will persevere and succeed, or grow tired, cold and fade.

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.

The Umbrella Movement can be described as an encyclopedia. Politicians and student leaders wrote it, and let the masses read it and react passively.

The anti-extradition movement is larger and much more organised than the Umbrella Movement in 2014.

In December 2014, during the final days of the Umbrella Movement, prominent signs proclaiming We'll Be Back sprang up along Harcourt Road, one of the three major thruways occupied by peaceful pro-democracy protesters for nearly three months.

During the Umbrella Movement, the police force wasn't in control, and the police ignored the law and tried to use extreme force to hurt people.

When athletes take a knee during the National Anthem, we must ignore President Trump's absurd claim that they're 'un-American' and instead understand that it's very American to peacefully protest systemic injustice.

The Iraq War. No one took to the streets over it. It certainly would have been appropriate. If anybody even hinted we should... you were called un-American and not supporting the troops.

Limiting the ability of the people to peacefully organize and partake in direct action to fight against persecution and discrimination is not only barred by the U.S. Constitution but is fundamentally un-American.

The violence against unarmed Black people - names we know, and names we don't know - must end.

There have been huge Muslim demonstrations against cartoons depicting Muhammad and any other perceived insult against Islam. But I am unaware of a single demonstration of Muslims against Muslim terror directed at non-Muslims.

I felt proud that the baby's first real adventure should be as a protest against the insanity of world annihilation. Already a certain percentage of unborn children are doomed by fallout, and no one knows the cumulative effects of what is already poisoning the air and sea.

It is the oldest ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the name of peace.

Regardless of what one's attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made.

War is a crime committed by men and, therefore, when enough people say it shall not be, it cannot be.

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

A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.

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

People who stand up against wars aren't necessarily always wrong.

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

The people who are slamming me have no idea about what it feels like to unjustly have a child killed in an insane war.