Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [81-100] of 129 Resistance quotesResistance QuotesResistance Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes And I honor the man who is willing to sink half his present repute for the freedom to think, and, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t' other half for the freedom to speak.~ James Russell Lowell The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; a well armed and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country; but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person.~ James Madison It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens, and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution. The freeman of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise, and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle.~ James Madison A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle, and the oppressed is often left no recourse but to use methods that mirror those of the oppressor. At a point, one can only fight fire with fire.~ Nelson Mandela When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.~ Nelson Mandela Only oppression should fear the full exercise of freedom.~ Jose Marti y Perez The objection to Puritans is not that they try to make us think as they do, but that they try to make us do as they think.~ H. L. Mencken All I ask is equal freedom. When it is denied, as it always is, I take it anyhow.~ H. L. Mencken Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.~ H. L. Mencken Protection, therefore, against the tyranny of the magistrate is not enough; there needs protection against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling, against the tendency of society to impose, by other means than civil penalties, its own ideas and practices as rules of conduct on those who dissent from them.~ John Stuart Mill In Defense Of Freedom ... (more)~ National Press Club I have the people behind me and the people are my strength.~ Huey P. Newton If you stop struggling, then you stop life.~ Huey P. Newton My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning. I wanted my death to be something the people could relate to, a basis for further mobilization of the community.~ Huey P. Newton Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up.~ Huey P. Newton We were trying to increase the conflict that was already happening... we felt that we would take the conflict to so high a level that some change had to come.~ Huey P. Newton The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.~ Thomas Paine I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.~ General George S. Patton, Jr. Throughout the history of the United States, war has been the primary impetus behind the growth and development of the central state. It has been the lever by which presidents and other national officials have bolstered the power of the state in the face of tenacious popular resistance.~ Bruce D. Porter If Americans wish to preserve a country they will recognize, then the first step is to recognize the enemy. Public education is the enemy. The entertainment industry is the enemy. The corporate culture is the enemy. The advertising industry is the enemy. And most of the politicians in both parties are the enemy. An enemy is defined as anybody, or any organization, which is attacking the traditional beliefs of Americans.~ Charley Reese Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print