Jack Levine Quotes

When I see something messed up, I'm going to challenge it.

They think that, if we were just smart enough, we'd be able to understand their policies. And I so want to tell 'em, and I do tell 'em, Oh, we're plenty smart, oh yeah - we know what's goin' on. And we don't like what's goin' on. And we're not gonna let them tell us to sit down and shut up.

I am just a thorn in everybody's side.

Nothing gets my hackles up like being told I can't do something.

Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.

I am a thorn in the side of designers.

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

I've gotten resistance for my entire career.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

I'm always challenged by someone.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

We didn't do anything wrong... Some are frustrated that we did it this way.

To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist.

The way I see it, it's impossible to change things without encountering resistance.

I always seem to be singing against the grain.

The real leaders cannot appear in the peaceful time; nor can the serious opposition emerge from within the peaceful atmosphere. Without an open confrontation, there is no opposition!

When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.

I do have a mouth - I will say. I speak up when I see things I don't care for.

If this be treason, make the most of it!

We know we're up against the wall. We know how difficult a challenge it is, being in the minority.

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

This is a hard job to do …. We represent the underdog, and that makes the top dogs angry.

Politics is having one foot in a fire and using the other foot to keep off the people who are trying to push you the rest of the way in.