Quotes about Protest
Resistance is the protest of those who hope, and hope is the feast of the people who resist.
— Jurgen Moltmann
The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.
— Victor Hugo
With just the 'Carmagnole' to sing he will only overthrow Louis XVI; but give him the 'Marseillaise' and he will liberate the world.
— Victor Hugo
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Money has power. And so withholding money has power too, especially when a bunch of people do it together.
— Shane Claiborne
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery's buses were poor and untutored; but they understood the essence of the Montgomery movement; one elderly woman summed it up for the rest. When asked after several weeks of walking whether she was tired, she answered: "My feet is tired, but my soul is at rest."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must treat arrest as the normal condition of the life of a non-co-operator.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Riots are the voices of the unheard.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We ain't goin' study war no more.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
When they did, she wore a dress, but she grumbled the whole time.
— Mary Connealy
One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.