#dissent

Throughout the lead-up to the war, CNN worked hard to air all sides of the story. We had a regular segment called Voices of Dissent in which we spent time covering antiwar protests and interviewing those who were opposed to the war with Iraq. ↗

— Jim Walton

#antiwar #called #cnn #covering #dissent

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. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#feels #free #impose #majority #minority

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#freedom-of-speech #truth-telling #freedom

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. ↗

— Jacob Bronowski

#be a man #cut #deal #dissent #doubt

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime. ↗

— Jacob Bronowski

#conformity #died #dissent #ever #lifetime

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#all-around #dissent #duty #matter #often

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

— Learned Hand

#end #heresy #in the end #risk #run