Bashir Assad Quotes

I think direct political action, civil disobedience, in particular, is something to be taken very seriously.

…I have spent many years of my life in opposition and I rather like the role.

Civil disobedience is a viable political tactic, and a non-violent tactic.

I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.

I think we need to fight against Trumpism in the courts, we need to fight at the ballot box and online, and we need to do peaceful protesting. We need to use every lever at our disposal to make sure that the president doesn't hurt our country, our values, and our people.

Non-co-operation is the quickest method of creating public opinion.

We need to also act out, and anything that [Donald] Trump does, anything he's trying to do that we don't agree with or anything this country is doing in general that we don't agree with, we need to protest, we need to make our voices heard. And that has to go beyond Twitter - for me as well.

There are good reasons for being in jail - for protesting.

I am against boycotts in general: boycotts against us as well as anything and everything that can be boycotted.

To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist.

If this be treason, make the most of it!

How many of you are willing to go to jail for freedom?

Protest is when I say this does not please me. Resistance is when I ensure what does not please me occurs no more.

Surely one can be a dissident without intending to run for a higher public office.

I'm not going to back down one bit in attacking Trump.

The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all.

Strike, if you will, but listen.

Protest is when I say I don't like this. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don't like. Protest is when I say I refuse to go along with this anymore. Resistance is when I make sure everybody else stops going along too.

The highest form of patriotism is dissent.

Civil disobedience is not something outside the realm of democracy. Democracy requires civil disobedience. Without civil disobedience democracy does not exist.

I like fighting Tories... that's what I do.

I witnessed a lot of violence, and I found myself asking the question: Do you ever use violence to try to bring about political change?

It is dissent from government policies which defines the true Patriot

Resisting is worth doing.