Dissent Quotes

Donald escaped his father’s scorn and ridicule because his personality served his father’s purpose. That’s what sociopaths do: they co-opt others and use them toward their own ends – ruthlessly and efficiently, with no tolerance for dissent or resistance.

– Mary Trump

Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

– Howard Zinn

Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.

– Harry Belafonte

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

– Natan Sharansky

Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.

– Natan Sharansky

Dissents speak to a future age. It’s not simply to say, ‘My colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way.’ But the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view. So that’s the dissenter’s hope: that they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow.

– Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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