Timothy D. Snyder Quotes

Now, when our nation to ruin's brink is verging, let us speak while there is time! Now, when the padlocks for our lips are forging. Silence is crime!

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang out with politicians.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

Challenging leaders is as American as it gets.

During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: 'Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.'

I want to be proud of this country, but when aspects of our policy don't align with my ethics, I want to protest them and try to change them.

Protesting is a fundamental aspect of our democracy, and I will always encourage this course of action, but it can be intimidating.

Protests are part of our democracy.

Our founding fathers declared independence from Great Britain because they were dissatisfied with the laws and policies that they believed abridged their freedoms. Had they taken the stance that many want our professional athletes to take - to just shut up and honor your country no matter what - we would be living in British colonies.

When a government is in fear of dissent from its own citizens, and when its reaction is to shut out that dissent, we should all worry.

Once you start choking the space for dissent in a democracy, people feel pushed to the wall and then it leads to further dissent and alienation.

A lot of people died fighting tyranny. The least I can do is vote against it.

Citizenship has been out of fashion for some decades in our country, but now it is back in fashion. Weekends are for fighting tyranny. And that's why it's going to be really fun to see Democracy Now!

Democracy is not what we hate the most and what we fear the most. We need to stand up.

You know, when we get to a point in this country where dissent is extremism, we've turned, I think, a very dark page in our history. And I don't want us to go there. I encourage Americans and I'm - right now, to go to these town hall meetings, to - to talk to your Congressmen, the people that you elected.

If the people of America do not rise up, take ownership of our country, we're going to lose it forever.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.

Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

I keep attacking the villains, the know-nothings, the people who want to take our freedoms away.

A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure.

Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society.