Top 25 Protest Quotes of 71

We must never allow September 11th to become a time for protest and division. Instead, this day must remain a time for promoting peace and mutual respect.

Timothy M. Dolan

September 11, Division, Protest

"Statement From Archbishop Dolan on September 11th Protest". www.archny.org. September 10, 2010.

We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.

Eric Hoffer

Needs, Cures, Protest

My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul.

Emile Zola

Soul, Cry, Protest

"J'accuse! (I Accuse!)". Open letter to French President Félix Faure, published in "L'Aurore" [The Dawn], January 13, 1898.

The truest protest is beauty.

Phil Ochs

Protest, Truest

To be deep in history, is to cease to be Protestant.

John Henry Newman

Protestants, Cease

John Henry Newman, Dave Armstrong (2012). “The Quotable Newman: A Definitive Guide to His Central Thoughts and Ideas”, p.184, Sophia Institute Press

I caution anyone who in their protest becomes the very thing that they're protesting against. Meaning turning to hateful speech, violating principles and ideals that are sacred in America. We need to raise our voices, but we do not need to indulge in hate.

Cory Booker

Hate, Caution, Protest

Source: www.nbcnews.com

Passionately protest mediocrity.

Danielle LaPorte

Mediocrity, Protest

I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I am not going to protest.

Nelson Mandela

Helping, Notes, Protest

You can protest, you can protest peacefully, but keep things civil.

Tim Soutphommasane

Protest

Source: www.abc.net.au

Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - IS innately disruptive of “business as usual.” That is WHY it is effective.

Naomi Wolf

Peaceful, Usual, Protest

"The First Amendment and the Obligation to Peacefully Disrupt in a Free Society" by Naomi Wolf, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 20, 2011.

The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.

Lew Wallace

Inscriptions, Protest, After Death

Lew Wallace (2016). “Historical Novels of Lew Wallace: Ben-Hur, The Fair God & The Prince of India (Illustrated): A Tale of the Christ, The Last of the 'Tzins – Story of Aztecs and Conquistadors & The Fall of Constantinople”, p.454, e-artnow