So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.

Quote by Jim Hightower

Topics: Dissent Quotes

Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not...

Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not...

It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the...

It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the...

The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.

The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.

But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's...

But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's...

Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.

Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.

The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.

The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.

The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there,...

The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there,...

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.

There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster...

It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster...

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can...

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can...

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay...

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay...

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level -...

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level -...

But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But...

But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But...

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.

Politics is very much like taxes - everybody is against them, or everybody is for...

Politics is very much like taxes - everybody is against them, or everybody is for...

Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is...

Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...