The truth is that a vast restructuring of our society is needed if remedies are to become available to the average person. Without that restructuring the good will that holds society together will be slowly dissipated… It is that sense of futility which permeates the present series of protests and dissents. Where there is a persistent sense of futility, there is violence; and that is where we are today. | |
— William O. Douglas | |
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Posts Tagged ‘Dissent’
Restructuring Persistent Futility
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged American Politics, Dissent, Futility, Philosophy, Protests, Quotes, Society, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Violence on January 24, 2023| Leave a Comment »
An Act Of Faith
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Democracy, Dissent, Effects, Faith, J. William Fulbright, Medicine, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Taste, Value on September 19, 2020| Leave a Comment »
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. | |
— J. William Fulbright | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | It Doesn’t Rain Forever |
Thoughtful Stroll | |
2020 | An Act Of Faith |
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2017 | Drug Epidemic In America |
2016 | Word Up, Chuck! |
2015 | Sometimes I Wonder About Things |
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2013 | Anew |
2012 | Make Both |
2011 | Are You Happy Yet? |
Symptoms
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Chief Justice Earl Warren, Dissent, Free Speech, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes on April 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Mere unorthodoxy or dissent from the prevailing mores is not to be condemned. The absence of such voices would be a symptom of grave illness to our society. | |
— Earl Warren | |
Former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court | |
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The Press Is NOT The Enemy
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #DumbDonald, Dissent, Government Repression, Jefferson's Warning to the White House, Nancy Gibbs, Newpapers, Politics, President Thomas Jefferson, Quotes, The First Amendment, Time Magazine on February 28, 2017| 8 Comments »
To demonize the press, to characterize it as not just mistaken but malign, is to lay the groundwork for repression. | |
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The enemy in any democracy is not dissent, from either within or without. Dissent, in fact, is essential. The enemy is dishonesty, ignorance, indifference, intolerance. The ability to hold journalists accountable has never been greater, and we take legitimate criticism as a challenge to do better. Attempts to suppress, dismiss and control, on the other hand, we understand as exactly what Thomas Jefferson warned against. | |
— Nancy Gibbs | |
Editor of Time Magazine | |
From her editorial: “Jefferson’s Warning to the White House“, dtd: 13 February 2017 | |
[Thomas Jefferson’s comment was that given the choice of government without newspapers, or newspapers without government, he’d choose newspapers over government. — KMAB] | |
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Starting To Stumble
Posted in History, Politics, Quotes, tagged Dissent, Edward R. Murrow, Fundamental Rights, History, Politics, Quotes, Totalitarianism on December 21, 2016| 3 Comments »
The right of dissent, or, if you prefer, the right to be wrong, is surely fundamental to the existence of a democratic society. That’s the right that went first in every nation that stumbled down the trail toward totalitarianism. | |
— Edward R. Murrow | |
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Itchin’
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged Dissent, Heywood Broun, On Dissent, Politics, Quotes on December 1, 2016| 1 Comment »
No body politic is healthy until it begins to itch. | |
— Heywood Broun | |
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We Must Dissent
Posted in Leadership, Politics, Quotes, tagged Acceptance Speech, America, Daredevil, Daredevil - Netflix TV series review, Democracy, Dissent, Diversity, Freedom, Independence Hall, Justice, Leadership, Liberty, Liberty Medal, Philadelphia PA, Politics, Quotes, Racism, Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court on April 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »
We cannot play ostrich. Democracy just cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take root amid rage. America must get to work. In the chill climate in which we live, we must go against the prevailing wind. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. We must dissent from a nation that has buried its head in the sand, waiting in vain for the needs of its poor, its elderly, and its sick to disappear and just blow away. We must dissent from a government that has left its young without jobs, education or hope. We must dissent from the poverty of vision and the absence of moral leadership. We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better. | |
The legal system can force open doors and sometimes even knock down walls. But it cannot build bridges. That job belongs to you and me. Afro and White, rich and poor, educated and illiterate, our fates are bound together. We can run from each other but we cannot escape each other. We will only attain freedom if we learn to appreciate what is different and muster the courage to discover what is fundamentally the same. America’s diversity offers so much richness and opportunity. Take a chance, won’t you? Knock down the fences that divide. Tear apart the walls that imprison. Reach out, freedom lies just on the other side. We should have liberty for all. | |
— Thurgood Marshall | |
Former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
Acceptance Speech for the Liberty Medal | |
July 4, 1992 | |
Independence Hall | |
Philadelphia, PA | |
[I “found” this quote when it was read (twice) in the Netflix TV series “Daredevil” which I reviewed earlier this month. The sentences about “dissent” were quoted. — KMAB] | |
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