Quotes About Protest

Shake any institution of higher learning, and a dozen boycotters will fall out of it.

Revolution comes when human beings set out to correct decadent institutions.

Political art - not always a contradiction in terms - can destroy institutions, or eat away at them.

All the way back to Dartmouth, I was part of the insurgency.

Even on songs we've got that are about a girl, there's always something there that's a call to insurrection.

I intend to be a candidate for those who want to vote against everyone.

There can be no criminal intent in resisting injustice.

The fights for media justice and racial justice have been intertwined since the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.

2 young ladies to sing us the new liberty song readiness to be shot / versus / taxes

War will cease when men refuse to fight.

That's so unfair!" Carson protested.

Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.

A fruit basket would have been nice, but instead we found that a flyer had been slipped under the door. Dear Brainwashed Cowards, You are nothing but puppets of the corrupt Shah. We will teach you a lesson you will never forget. Death to the Shah. Death to you. My father crumpled the flyer and threw it away. "Let's find out where they're having the dinner buffet," he said.

You've got to rattle your cage door. You've got to let them know that you're in there, and that you want out. Make noise. Cause trouble. You may not win right away, but you'll sure have a lot more fun.

Si es que acepto en el momento de mi muerte el ministerio de un sacerdote, protesto de antemano, en plena lucidez, contra el abuso que se habrá hecho de mi debilidad intelectual y física para obtener de mí lo que mi corazón rechaza.

La révolution n'a pas de coeur, non. C'est une pute à la jupe fendue qui se fait attendre pendant des siècles et qui vous plante là, au moment où vous ommenciez à être excité. Une pute à la jupe fendue, et perverse au point de vous laisser voir tous ses appâts, pour que jamais plus vous ne puissiez les oublier.

Make me a grave where'er you will, In a lowly plain, or a lofty hill; Make it among earth's humblest graves, But not in a land where men are slaves. […] I ask no monument, proud and high, To arrest the gaze of the passers-by; All that my yearning spirit craves, Is bury me not in a land of slaves.

Westboro Baptist Church: STOP. Stop protesting the funerals of our soldiers who died in action because you are anti-gay. When one of you dies, I'm going to show up with a couple of gay veterans and we're going to do a musical at your funeral.

Any history of the political events of our time which does not also include a discussion of the Bible, the impact of Christianity, and the role of faith in changing the hearts and minds of people all over the world is an incomplete and invalid study. For what is taking place in the world today is not just a protest, but a revolution in the sphere of the human heart.

Equal rights before the law, freedom of conscience, freedom of the press, all of these things were...trampled underfoot and spat upon.

How many times must the cannonballs fly before they're forever banned?

Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

A hungry mob is an angry mob.