Quotes About Protest

The Occupy movement found places where people who were feeling that anger could come and share it - and that is, as we all know, extremely important in any political movement. The Occupy sites became a way you could gauge the levels of anger and discontent.

On one level the sixties revolt was an impressive illustration of Lenin's remark that the capitalist will sell you the rope to hang him with.

I'm a child of the Sixties.

It's very hard to have lived through the Sixties and not be political.

People have been skeptical of the Women's March on Washington. Our legitimacy only came from us proving to the rest of the world that we're capable.

Resist, however peacefully and even in your own home, and heaven help you, no matter what your skin color.

The signs of the Vietnam War protestors said "Make Love not War!" It didn't seem to me that they were capable of either.

I love the protest signs protected by the First Amendment - some of them humorous, some of them passionate, some factual, some entirely incorrect - all of them free ideas.

It's not enough to say we need to love each other, you have to go behind that and say we need to change these policies, we need to fight, we need to protest, we need to agitate for change.

There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.

New Rule: The sad mime at every protest has to give it a rest. One sign you're a major annoyance: when you haven't said anything and I still want to tell you to shut the fuck up.

Brave Americans in past wars didn't die for the actual flag--they died for the freedom it represents, including the freedom to burn it.

Bloodless revolutions are rare.

CALVIN: The problem with rock'n'roll is that the generation that created it is now the establishment. Rock pretends it's still rebellious with its video posturing, but who believes it? The stars are 45-year-old zillionaires or they endorse soft drinks! The Revolution is a capitalist industry! Give me a break. Fortunately, I've found some protest music for TODAY'S youth! This stuff really offends Mom and Dad! HOBBES: Easy-listening Muzak? CALVIN: I play it real quiet, too. [Page 40]

It was during my stint at Café Society that a song was born which became my personal protest—" Strange Fruit." The germ of the song was in a poem written by Lewis Allen. I first met him at Café Society. When he showed me that poem, I dug it right off. It seemed to spell out all the things that had killed Pop.

Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside ragin'. It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'.

Johnny's in the basement Mixing up the medicine I'm on the pavement Thinking 'bout the government.

They're selling postcards of the hanging They're painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors The circus is in town Here comes the blind commissioner They've got him in a trance One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker The other is in his pants And the riot squad they're restless They need somewhere to go As Lady and I look out tonight From Desolation Row.

Very, very protesty. And, uh, one of the protestiest of all things I ever protested against in my protest years.

Without freedom of speech, I might be in the swamp.

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

The most common trigger, worldwide, that tripped an angry mob into violence was the sound of breaking glass.

The labor market as idealized in modern-day economics textbooks as often as not came about as a result of strikes, unions, and riots.

You blow up innocent people and get nuts to shoot cops. Get all the angry losers to burn cars in the streets. You're not saving anybody from anything.