Protest Rights Quotes

We are exercising our constitutional right to be fresh.

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.

I'm a crusader. I really believe in the First Amendment, and I use it fully, and I pay a price for that.

Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association.

Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen.

I'm a part of major league rugby. We had a league meeting to decide what to do with anthem protests, and even though I personally agree with what they say they are protesting as inequality and judicial system and incarceration rates among minorities, we decided all should stand and respect every national anthem.

The right of the people to peacefully assemble and petition their government for a redress of grievances is now worth a pitcher of warm spit. That's because TV will not come and treat it respectfully. Television is really something.

I went to Ferguson and walked with the demonstrators and saw this heavily armed police force, tactical units pointing sniper rifles at my constituents who were there exercising their constitutional rights.

There are many avenues to peacefully protest, but those rights don't extend to illegal actions, breaching security perimeters, and threatening police officers.

Russians have a new freedom, but as long as they don't express that freedom on a public platform.

This is America. Anyone is free to protest about anything they want.

We want people to have the right to express their concerns and frustration and protest in a peaceful manner.

Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those protesting the war in Iraq.

I don't understand it, how President Johnson can send troops to Vietnam and cannot send troops to Selma, Alabama, to protect people whose only desire is to register to vote.

You must stand for free speech in the streets.

Here we have a protest law. This law does not prevent protests but regulates them.

An O'Toole government will pass a Freedom of Movement Act that will make it a criminal offence to block a railway, airport, port, or major road, or to block the entrance to a business or household in a way that prevents people from lawfully entering or leaving.

Since we don't have a tyrant or a dictator, we can't put people who are burning flag in jail. But Donald Trump is telling you what he thinks of 'em. He's not gonna do anything of the sort. This is where people go off the rails with Trump, with this literal business and so fort

Protesting against illegal activity is not piracy.

Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism-the right to criticize, the right to hold unpopular beliefs, the right to protest, the right of independent thought.

Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action.

Those who peacefully gather to express sympathy for the family of Michael Brown must have their rights respected at all times. And journalists must not be harassed or prevented from covering a story that needs to be told.

We in the Netherlands have the right to demonstrate and the right to speak up if we don't agree with something.

I have the right to speech and expression and I won't leave that.

The Negro cannot count forever on the kind of restraint that's thus far left him free to clog the streets, disrupt traffic, and interfere with other men's rights.