Quotes about Protest
Organized murder is war, and though we demonstrate against a particular war, the nuclear, or any other kind of war, we have never demonstrated against war.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Men would bless you or curse you; The curse, a protest against failure, The blessing, a hymn of the hunter Who comes back from the hills With provision for his mate.
- Khalil Gibran
Complicity with error will take from the best of men the power to enter any successful protest against it.
- Charles Spurgeon
No government on earth can make men, who have realized freedom in their hearts, salute against their will.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Just as it is the duty of all men to obey just laws, so it is the duty of all men to disobey unjust laws.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The more people smoke herb, the more Babylon fall.
- Bob Marley
Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement.
- Seth Godin
I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.
- Mother Teresa
Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Protest against Industrial Capitalism from one aspect or another is universal: so was the protest against the condition of European religion at the beginning of the sixteenth century.
- Hilaire Belloc
God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear this morning brings The outrage of the poor.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson