We may be so eager to protect the right to dissent that we lose sight of the difference between dissent and subversion.
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Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower
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May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower
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People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent.
quote by Natan Sharansky
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Doesnt Allow Dissent!
they're using our attacks
on our own students,
on our own children....
for daring to raise a voice of dissent,
for daring to question....
as an excuse in Egypt
to crackdown on their own....
apparently, freedom
...doesnt allow dissent!
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I could never divide myself from any man upon the difference of an opinion, or be angry with his judgement for not agreeing with me in that, from which perhaps within a few days I should dissent myself.
quote by Thomas Browne
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In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
quote by J. William Fulbright
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Discussion in America means dissent.
quote by James Thurber
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Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
quote by Howard Zinn
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In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.
quote by Learned Hand
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The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.
quote by Friedrich Durrenmatt
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It's so easy for propaganda to work, and dissent to be mocked.
quote by Harold Pinter
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If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent.
quote by Henry Commager
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If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism if our government is to function it must have dissent.
quote by Henry Commager
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Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.
quote by Hubert H. Humphrey
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It's much easier to make jokes about sensitive issues if there is some dissent, some conflict.
Acceptance of dissent is the fundamental requirement of a free society.
quote by Richard Royster
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In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.
quote by J. William Fulbright
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Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in the kind of examination that has only one aim and that is to stamp out dissent.
quote by Pete Seeger
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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.
quote by George Henry Lewes
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