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Growth requires purposeful division. Responsible dissent is the essence of democracy. — Abigail McCarthy

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. — Edward Abbey

The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime. — Emma Goldman

It is dissent from government policies which defines the true Patriot — Ron Paul

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. — Hubert H. Humphrey

Objective Reality and Truth requires neither ones consent nor dissent. — R. Alan Woods

Humor is the ovum of dissent, — David Mitchell

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. — Howard Zinn

And in every instance, the motive is the same: suppressing dissent and mandating compliance. — Glenn Greenwald

In a dead religion there are no more heresies. — Andre Suares

A single whisper can be quite a disturbance when the rest of the audience is silent. — Anthony Marra

Your mind is your only judge of truth-and if others dissent from your verdict, reality is the court of final appeal. — John Galt

For the sake of my country, and perhaps a little for the sake of my soul, I have given up the deep peace of being in opposition. — Rebecca West

Men and women...sill live together for centuries without agreeing on anything. — Girdhar Joshi

I understand the principles of dissent in parliament. — Jeremy Corbyn

When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent. — George Henry Lewes

Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercised your freedom of thought. — Tim Fargo

It's common to go from 'crashing the gate' to guarding it. — Glenn Greenwald

In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned. — Natan Sharansky

It is not necessary, nor appropriate, to sow dissent and misrepresent employees or constantly to threaten industrial action. — Jim Ratcliffe

The important thing about groupthink is that it works not so much by censoring dissent as by making dissent seem somehow improbable. — James Surowiecki

MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in dissuading from dissent. — Ambrose Bierce

Not enough people know or understand just how little freedom we have left. — Korban Blake

The time appears to me to have come when it is the duty of all to make their dissent from religion known. — John Stuart Mill

When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies. — Glenn Greenwald

Love permits and even respects dissent: Authoritarianism does not. Everybody should learn the difference. — Jeri Massi

No man owns me. All man can do is practice the timeless, criminal art of threatening to separate my soul from her physical host. — Tiffany Madison

America was born of revolt, flourished on dissent, became great through experimentation. — Henry Steele Commager

If what your country is doing seems to you practically and morally wrong, is dissent the highest form of patriotism? — Howard Zinn

Sometimes a citizenry should not simply "be good". You have to leave space for dissent, real dissent. — Sherry Turkle

It is scary to live in the Obama era with its use of government to suppress dissent — Dennis Prager

Freedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks differently. — Rosa Luxemburg

The lesson of history is that, in the long run, super-elites have two ways to survive: by suppressing dissent or by sharing their wealth. — Nick Cohen

This is why i hate social media. It gives a voice to people who dont (sic) deserve one. — Gary Streeter

Because Freedom is the most important thing on life, let me Be. — John Steinbeck

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. — Galileo Galilei

The great reward given to intelligent people is that they can invent all the rules and equate any dissent with stupidity. — Catherine Lowell

If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity. — Albert Einstein

If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it. — Abraham Lincoln

In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy. — Learned Hand

In the face of severe injustice, a refusal to dissent is the sign of a character flaw or moral failure. — Glenn Greenwald

One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. — Martin Luther King Jr.

They're called 'facts', and my role is to amplify those, not cheerlead. And I don't care at all what you think of my motives. — Glenn Greenwald

More access to information meant more dissent, more informed discussion, more widespread criticism of authority. Information changed the world. — Steve Berry

Silence - not dissent - is the one answer that leaders should refuse to accept. — Warren G. Bennis

History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to stifle dissent. — Glenn Greenwald

There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between labels, publishing companies and artists. A lot of it has to do with older licensing schemes. — Sean Parker

Lonely dissent doesn't feel like going to school dressed in black. It feels like going to school wearing a clown suit. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. — Suzanne Collins

Perhaps why I am so uniquely terrible is simply that I represent total Dissent. Total Dissent. T.D. 19 + 4 = 23. — William S. Burroughs

Dissent and dissenters have no monopoly on freedom. They must tolerate opposition. They must accept dissent from their dissent. — Abe Fortas

True poetry ought to be secret and clandestine, concealed like a prohibited voice of dissent, while at the same time it should speak to everyone. — Claudio Magris

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. — Benjamin Franklin

We must dissent from the fear. — Thurgood Marshall

People know when they are being lied to, they know when their rulers are absurd, they know they do not love their chains. — Christopher Hitchens

Dissent without action is consent. — Henry David Thoreau

Graffiti is beautiful; like a brick in the face of a cop. — Hunter S. Thompson

The gramophone keeps reiterating a statement about life with which I do not agree. — Christopher Isherwood

The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang out with politicians. — Roseanne Barr

Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth. — Albert Einstein

There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning! — Abbie Hoffman

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it. — Howard Zinn

The only voice of dissent you have to dispel is your own. — Anker Frankoni

I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent. — Rebecca MacKinnon

Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear. — Catherine Of Siena

When the jabot with scalloped glass beads glitters flat against the top of RBG's black robe, it's bad news for liberals. That's her dissent collar. — Irin Carmon

Words no longer have meaning if an Exchange that is not established by a State is "established by the State". — Antonin Scalia

Let your dissent fuel you, your anger inspire you, your rage convey you, and your fury strike a chilling fear onto the spines of your enemies. — Evan Meekins

You'll often hear the left lecture about the importance of dissent in a free society. — David Harsanyi

Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension. — Daniel J. Boorstin

In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot. — Czeslaw Milosz

The Democrats handle dissent by isolating it, smearing it and delegitimizing it in order to crush it. — Monica Crowley

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime. Jacob Bronowski in Science and Human Values — Jacob Bronowski

The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society. — Emma Goldman

Truth is dissent, where all power resides in the Big Lie. — Allen Ginsberg

A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. — Eric Hoffer

Dissent is not sacred; the right of dissent is. — Thurman Arnold

Nations need to understand their own strengths and weaknesses, and India's tradition of dissent and democratic debate is a positive aspect. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Intolerance of dissent is a well-noted feature of the American national character. — J. William Fulbright

I stood among them, but not of them: in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts. — Lord Byron

Tolerance of dissent is the hallmark of a mature party, and it is well past time for the Republican Party to grow up. — John McCain

Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent. — Gary Hamel

Who is an elected government in a constitutional democracy to decide it will not tolerate dissent. — Christina Engela

A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent. — Jim Leach

Humor is the ovum of dissent, and the Juche should fear it. — David Mitchell

Dissent is the mark of freedom. — Jacob Bronowski

Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society. — Natan Sharansky

It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked. — Harold Pinter

The absence of dissent does not necessarily imply acceptance; just tolerance. — Lakshmy Menon Chatterjee

Evangelicals now stand among those who are on easiest terms with the world, for they have lost their capacity for dissent. — David F. Wells

Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy. — Harry Belafonte

All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars. — Banksy

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.. — Napoleon Bonaparte

The university is the last remaining platform for national dissent. — Leon Eisenberg

In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side. — Euripides

I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions. — George Carlin

Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey. — John Charles Polanyi

The press exerts the pressure of dissent on officials otherwise inclined to rest content with the congratulations of their retainers. — Bill Vaughan

My advice, as in everything, is to read widely and think for yourself We need more dissent and less dogma. — Camille Paglia

For a meritocracy to work, it needs to engender a culture where there is an "obligation to dissent". — Eric Schmidt