Quotes About Protest

The white cracker who wrote the National Anthem knew what he was doing. He set the word "free" to a note so high nobody could reach it. That was deliberate.

But when things are obviously not right—wherever people are being overcharged and underserved, wherever sloth or downright discourtesy is offered—it is up to each and every one of us to protest.

Les cloches sonnent sans raison et nous aussi

It was NINETY-SIXTY-FIVE-NINETY PERSON ME!" Cliff objected.

There is eloquence in screaming.

and in the din Stephen cried, 'I insist upon a boat – I protest… Jack took him by the elbow and propelled him with affectionate violence into the cabin. 'My dear sir,' he said, 'I am afraid you must not insist, or protest: it is mutiny, you know, and you would be obliged to be hanged.

African Americans, Latinx, immigrants, other people of color, and their allies are frequently out in the streets protesting police brutality, cutbacks in human services, racial profiling, attacks on immigrants, and other forms of racism. The only way to break this cycle of rage is for white people to join in seriously addressing the sources of the anger, the causes of the problems. And in order to do that, we need to talk about racism directly with one another.

This protest, the rebellion, was a tonic.

The Days of the Dead was just such a fiesta. It was a solemn ritual, it was a vigil in graveyards, it was a masquerade, it was a binge, it was an occasion for dressing up and looking fabulous, it included political protest, and it was a party.

All these Mexican speculations seem true to me—death as a party, a plaything, a protest, a somber ritual.

Music is music, but in a revolution, land and resources are supposed to change hands.

It just broke her heart to hear the sobs of those women who dug around in the rubble, dripping wet from the police water cannons, asking for news of their loved ones everywhere, knocking again and again on metal doors that never opened, trampled by blasts of water in front of the Ministry of Justice, chaining themselves to lampposts with torn stockings, disheveled, clutching their chests so the filthy water wouldn't tear away the photograph they wore over their hearts.

I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too. No, sir, these, I protest you, are too hard for me.

Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments.

A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things you can hit someone with.

Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art - the art of words.

Use your art to fight.

You got blood on your face, you big disgrace, waving your banner all over the place.

Art is either a complaint or appeasement.

All great art is a form of complaint

What can art really do in the face of atrocity?

Today's art has been cancelled due to police activity.

Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest.

Art needs to stand for something.