A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Edward AbbeyTags: activism patriotism dissent moral-courage protest
I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
James BaldwinTags: patriotism dissent protest
Inevitably it follows that anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes an authority or established convention': a rebel. ...And if enough people come to agree with—and follow—the REBEL, we now have a DEVIL. Until, of course, still more people agree. And then, finally, we have ... GREATNESS.
Nicholas TharcherTags: philosophy dissent metaphysics independent-thought
If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.
Albert EinsteinTags: acquiescence activism remaining-silent dissent protest consent duty
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
Galileo GalileiTags: science dissent reasoning independent-thought scientific-method truth-telling
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
Desmond TutuTags: courage dissent moral-courage protest bullying neutrality
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
Theodore RooseveltTags: dissent freedom-of-speech truth-telling
Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
Albert EinsteinTags: dissent freedom-of-thought skepticism independent-thought
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear."
[Special Message to the Congress on the Internal Security of the United States, August 8, 1950]
Tags: politics dissent censorship freedom-of-speech opposition repression
...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.
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