First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you . . . and you win.

— Unknown Source

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

— Unknown Source

I would rather die standing in resistance than begging on my knees!

— Emiliano Zapata, leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, 1879-1919

Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

— Barbara Ehrenreich, U.S. journalist, activist, and author, Born 1941

A king can stand people fighting but he can’t last long if people start thinking.

— Will Rogers, U.S. stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, newspaper columnist, and social commentator, 1879-1935

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

— Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, 1928-2016

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you . . . and you win.

— Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

— Emiliano Zapata, leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, 1879-1919

Barricades of ideas are worth more than barricades of stones.

— Jose Marti, Cuban revolutionary, journalist, and poet, 1853-1895

What matters most is not who is sitting in the White House, but ‘who is sitting in’ -and ‘who is marching’ outside the White House, pushing for change.

— Howard Zinn, U.S. political science professor, author, and social activist, 1922-2010
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