Quotes on Dissent

Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.

Author: Jacob Bronowski

The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.

Author: Friedrich Durrenmatt

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Author: Dwight Eisenhower

In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.

Author: Learned Hand

A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.

Author: Eric Hoffer

Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.

Author: Robert Jackson

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

Author: Natan Sharansky

Do not be afraid to challenge the status quo, for change only comes when we dare to question the norms.

Author: Jasmine Chen