Will Durant Quotes

The highest form of patriotism is dissent.

There never was a social change in America without angry people at the heart.

It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.

I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process.

There's a battle outside raging It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls for the times they are a-changing.

I do not know of any salvation for society except through eccentrics, misfits, dissenters, people who protest.

History pays more attention to reformers than others. We pay more attention to dissenters too.

Only force would produce social change.

It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.

Change comes when people are willing to commit acts of peaceful civil disobedience.

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.

I think it's very important for us to start to build a culture of resistance, because what we're doing isn't working, clearly.

Disobedience is the vehicle of progress.

Change from below, the formulation of demands from the populace to end unacceptable injustice, supported by direct action, has played a far larger part in shaping British democracy than most constitutional lawyers, political commentators, historians or statesmen have ever cared to admit. Direct action in a democratic society is fundamentally an educational exercise.

Revolution only needs good dreamers who remember their dreams.

You have typewriters, presses. And a huge audience. How about raising hell?

We should not forget that our tradition is one of protest and revolt, and it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past ... while we silence the rebels of the present.

This is an amazing country, for all of its faults. My feeling is, dig in and let's try to change the world. Dissent is not only your right, it's your duty.

Activism that challenges the status quo, that attacks deeply rooted problems, is not for the faint of heart.

Change only takes place through action, not through meditation and prayer.

Activism is setting a goal of something you would like to be different, and figuring out what would have to change to achieve that goal. It's sort of like math.

There is a need, especially right now in America, to be a bit provocative.

We have the right of revolution. Revolution does not always have to be weapons and warfare; it's also about revolutionary ideas.

A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.

I think of protest as confrontation and disruption, as the end of silence.